14 Years in Guantanamo

Published: Sept. 3, 2021, noon

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Maria and Julio are joined by Mansoor Adayfi, a former Guant\\xe1namo detainee and author of the new book \\u201cDon\'t Forget Us Here: Lost and Found at Guant\\xe1namo.\\u201d They talk about Mansoor\\u2019s experience being detained for 14 years, without charge or trial, at the U.S. military prison in Guant\\xe1namo Bay, Cuba and get an inside look into the place that has tortured detainees and restricted access to the media for nearly two decades.\\xa0\\xa0 ITT Staff Picks:\\xa0 - As U.S. troops leave Afghanistan, Mansoor Adayfi writes about how the end of the war on terror must include closing Guant\\xe1namo, for The Boston Globe. - Benjamin R. Farley, law-of-war counsel at the U.S. Department of Defense, Military Commissions Defense Organization, writes about what President Biden must do to right the wrongs of Guant\\xe1namo, for The Atlantic. - For Foreign Policy, Fatima Bhutto writes about Ahmed Rabbani, one of the last prisoners still being detained at Guant\\xe1namo: \\u201cU.S. officials have been explicit about what they call \\u201cforever prisoners,\\u201d men who will never be charged with a crime; Rabbani is one such prisoner.\\u201d Photo credit: Courtesy of Mansoor Adayfi \\xa0

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