The release of Abdul Latif Nasir

Published: July 20, 2021, 8:46 p.m.

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The Biden administration has resumed repatriation of Guant\\xe1namo Bay detainees \\u2014 a practice largely halted under former president Donald Trump. Plus, why some states are considering reinstating mask mandates. 

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The Biden administration on Monday repatriated a detainee from Guant\\xe1namo Bay to Morocco, the first transfer of an inmate from the high-security prison since President Donald Trump mostly halted resettlements when he took office in 2017. We hear from The Post\\u2019s Missy Ryan about what the release of Abdul Latif Nasir signals about the Biden administration\\u2019s plans to close the Guant\\xe1namo Bay detention facility. Plus, we hear from Radiolab\\u2019s Latif Nasser, who chronicled Nasir\\u2019s case on the podcast series \\u201cThe Other Latif,\\u201d to understand his life beyond being a detainee. 

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