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Judge Orders Release of Young Guantanamo Detainee
Ireland has agreed to take two prisoners the US no longer wants at Guantanamo Bay. A judge says another detainee is being held illegally , but after almost seven years, a criminal investigation is still going on. The Obama administration is negotiating for Mohammed Jawad’s return, but wants to examine what it calls new eyewitness evidence.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readIreland has agreed to take two prisoners the US no longer wants at Guantanamo Bay. A judge says another detainee is being held illegally, but after almost seven years, a criminal investigation is still going on. The Obama administration is negotiating for Mohammed Jawad’s return, but wants to examine what it calls new eyewitness evidence. Adam Zagorin is a contributor to Time magazine.
