Motes and Beams

The U.S. State Department regularly analyses other countries' libertarian credentials. Thanks to the UK Human Rights Blog for this link. Including Bermuda with its population of 60,000 and overwhelming US influence rather muddies the water, but what struck me was the irony implicit in an in-depth analysis of Britain's record by the masters of Guantanamo, the tormentors of Bradley Manning and the owners of the Colorado Supermax prison.