VIDEO: Obama Talks About Closing Guantanamo (YouTube)
February 04, 2010 | Posted by Danielle Belton
In an interview that aired on YouTube Feb. 1 President Barack Obama talks about the obstacles he faces in trying to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay. He describes some of the opposition as "pretty rank politics." Which I would argue is a nice way of putting it.
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Know the Facts
- Nearly 800 detainees have been held in Guantánamo, the vast majority without charge or trial
- Only 3 detainees at Guantanamo have been convicted of any crime through the military commissions system
- The Federal court system has convicted 195 terrorists since 2001.
- Estimated annual cost of operating Guantánamo: $90 million to $118 million
- Thirty-two times since 2001 and four times this year alone, senior al Qaeda leadership has used the prison at Guantanamo Bay in videos, encouraging others to join effort.
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Rare Interrogator Testimony Defeats Gitmo Torture Claim in Civilian Court
Chisun Lee - ProPublica - August 20.
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Ex-Guantanamo al Qaeda militant surrenders in Yemen
The National - August 21.
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One last chance to do right by Khadr Read more: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/last+chance+right+Khadr/3425546/story.html#ixzz0xilgIO9U
Alex Neve - Ottawa Citizen - August 21.
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Gitmo Judge Admits Confession Extracted By Rape Threat
Ian Millhiser - 8/12/2010 - ThinkProgress
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Obama's Use Of Tortured Evidence
Andrew Sullivan - 8/12/2010 - The Atlantic
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The disappointments of Guantanamo
Michael Cross-Barnet - 8/12/2010- the Baltimore Sun
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Bin Laden's former cook given 14-year sentence
Robert Verkaik - 8/13/2010 - the Independent
