Gitmo Jailers Tried to Break Him for 15 Years—They Failed
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In an excerpt from “Don’t Forget Us Here,” the author, unfairly imprisoned at the age of 18, describes a moment when he joyfully turned the tables on his captors.
Author’s introduction: Nearly 20 years after Guantánamo opened, people are still debating whether such a place should exist. But imagine if American boys, 18 years old or even younger, had been sent to a foreign prison for five, 10, 20 years without ever being charged with a crime, where they...
