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Lawfare Archive: Paul Lewis on Not Closing Guantanamo

The Lawfare Podcast

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Gitmo Transfers

CNN's John Defterios spoke to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder about the use of Gitmo, a controversial program that lets terror suspects leave prison and go back on the street. He said it keeps him up at night when he knows someone who was helped by gitmo may have been radicalised after they were released from jail. The Obama administration has made more than 1,000 such transfers so far this year - but there are still many cases where people remain behind in their home countries. Hager: "I don't have access to classified evidence any more"

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