First, he does not dare appear to be “soft on terror.” Second, perhaps he needs to be able to try the Guantánamo detainees in a rigged setting, or even keep them from trial forever: lawyers claim that torture, including sexual torture, was so endemic in the CIA and the military that Obama could be holding scores, if not hundreds, of prisoners whose bodies are crime scenes.
首先，他不敢让自己在反恐问题上显得软弱。其次，也许他需要通过不正当手段来审讯那些关塔那摩囚犯，甚至永远不审讯他们：律师们声称，包括性虐待在内的虐待行为在中央情报局和美军治下是如此常见，以致奥巴手里就掌握着几十名甚至几百名囚犯，而他们的身体就是犯罪的现场证据。