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Closing Guantanamo: Ending 20 Years of Injustice

Lawfare No Bull

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The Taliban Are Back in Charge of Afghanistan

I think the detention at Guantanamo was not thought through. It's been subject to major legal challenges, and it is ultimately served as a rallying cry and recruitment tool for our adversaries. 229 of the 729 people released from Gitmo have gone back to the fight, and we're talking about releasing people. This is nuts. One thing I can say about the 39 that are Gitmo, not one of them has attacked the United States. And if I have my way, none of them ever will. But here's what I have been fighting for 20 years now, almost. We don't want anybody to be tortured by American military personnel or government officials or contractors because that makes the war harder

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