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Overnight: 1st Biden-era transfer of a detainee out of Guantánamo. Repatriation of Moroccan who was approved for transfer late in Obama era & languished under Trump. 39 prisoners left. + Biden's lower-key (vs Obama) approach to Gitmo. w/ @carolrosenberg nytimes.com/2021/07/19/us/politics/guantanamo-bay-detainee-released.html
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"Far more complex policy decisions about transfers await the Biden team, including whether to transfer a mentally ill Saudi man, Mohammed al-Qahtani, who was tortured at Guantánamo and is considered to have been one of several candidates to be a potential 20th hijacker on 9/11."