Tom Lasseter

Reporter, McClatchy Newspapers

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Reporter for McClatchy newspapers and lead author of an five-part investigation into the detention facility at Guantánamo Bay

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The Bush Administration calls prisoners at Guantánamo Bay "the worst of the worst," but one of its own top officials says at least a third never belonged there.

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The Bush Administration calls prisoners at Guantánamo Bay "the worst of the worst," but one of its own top officials says at least a third never belonged there.

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