When i worked in the obama administration, president obama appointed two special envoys. Their sole job was to figure out how to release people from guantanimo bay. American people are not interested in terrorists being brought from guantonimo to their own communities. Pretending that terrorists can safely be treated as commont common criminals will not make it.
A former Defense Department adviser says President Biden might succeed where President Obama failed, and the man formerly known as “Detainee 441” speaks.
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