Nonstop to Guantanamo

Re “ ‘Bad Guys’ 1st to Arrive at U.S. Base,” Jan. 12: Why all the fuss over the treatment by U.S. forces of the captured Taliban and Al Qaeda prisoners flown over to Cuba? Is there any doubt that, despite the tight security, these prisoners certainly had a more comfortable--and safer--flight than did the passengers of the four aircraft hijacked on Sept. 11?

David A. Gottlieb

Los Angeles