2005: The Year We Destroyed Democracy?

Abu Ghraib.

US-British outsourcing of torture to Uzbekistan.

And we treat our own like dirt:

Accused of espionage, Army Capt. James Yee saw his notoriety bloom overnight. He was vilified on the airwaves and on the Internet as an operative in a supposed spy ring that aimed to pass secrets to al-Qaeda from suspected terrorists held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where Yee ministered to them. After his arrest, Yee was blindfolded, placed in manacles and taken to a Navy brig, where he spent 76 days in solitary confinement.

Eight months later, all the criminal charges against the 36-year-old West Point graduate have melted away.

Read this USA Today story.

What kind of government have we created? Is Democracy dead? Bin Laden seems to have won.