What? You don't say!

All of a sudden everybody is shocked and outraged by the “news” that the US is operating prisons in Eastern Europe where illegal interrogations may be taking place. Why? It is not as if this is that much of a secret. Ever since the Afghanistan War, the US government has been sending prisoners to other countries for interrogation and their spokespersons have been justifying it in interviews. The only surprise here is that a mainstream news agency is reporting it as if it were a previously unknown item. EU now wants to investigate its member countries but it is hard to believe that the EU leadership knew nothing about it all these years. The same can be said about US reporters and politicians. Even I have heard about it years ago, for crying out loud. It is all about convenience, it was convenient for them to “not know” back then but is convenient for them to “know” now. How very convenient indeed.