I am almost done with this book. It is a complete indictment of the insanity that revolves around Guantanamo. Of course, there are bad guys at Guantanamo and I believe they should be in a proper jail, where they can be given a death sentence by our patriotic gang members who would also be in the population of a maximum security prison.
On the other hand, there are clearly some very innocent people still in Guantanamo. Mohamedou Ould Slahi, the author, is a Mauritanian who was arrested in Mauritania, had not been in Afghanistan since he was a jihadist fighting the Russians (and being supported by the CIA), went to Germany and learned computers, which he was working at in Mauritania, when the CIA decided they wanted to question him about the Millennium Bombing plan, of which there is no evidence that he ever participated in. For that, he has been in the CIA's custody ever since September 2001. And he even won a Supreme Court decision that he was entitled to habeas corpus, but he is still in Guantanamo and has not been sent back to Mauritania.
Why does the Obama Administration keep a guy like this? Unless the book is a complete set of lies, which neither the author's lawyer or the book's editor believes, the only reason for keeping him can be what he knows about the torture techniques used on him and the fear of some liability arising from that. And if the CIA has evidence that he is lying, convict him in a judicial setting and put him in a proper jail. Because right now, I think he is innocent and this is a shame on the United States of America. Killers and rapists have gotten less punishment than this guy who did nothing wrong except somehow come to the attention of the CIA as someone to investigate.
His arrest and torture are an indictment of the Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld Government. His continuing incarceration is an indictment of the Obama/Panetta etc Government.
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