1/10/20 Andy Worthington on Closing Guantanamo Bay
1/10/20 Andy Worthington on Closing Guantanamo BayDescription
Scott talks to Andy Worthington about Guantanamo Bay, where dozens of prisoners are still detained without charges under suspicion of involvement in terrorism. Worthington reminds us that President Obama campaigned on closing the prison, but quickly gave up after resistance from republicans. Trump, meanwhile, has kept his campaign promise not to release any more prisoners. Worthington fears that the plight of these men being detained with no hope of justice is simply not a cause most Americans care about. He continues to do what he can to keep the issue in the public consciousness.
Discussed on the show:
- The Guantanamo Files: The Stories of 774 Detainees in America’s Illegal Prison
- Outside the Law: Stories From Guantanamo
- “The Guantánamo “Suicides”” (Harper’s Magazine)
- “The Report (2019)” (IMDb)
Andy Worthington is the author of Guantanamo Files and the director of “Outside the Law: Stories from Guantanamo.” Read his work at the Future of Freedom Foundation and AndyWorthington.co.uk and follow him on Twitter @GuantanamoAndy.
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1/10/20 Andy Worthington on Closing Guantanamo Bay was first posted on January 13, 2020 at 2:17 pm.
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