Headline Roundup • July 19th, 2021
Biden Administration Transfers its First Detainee From Guantanamo Bay
Summary from the AllSides News Team
On Monday morning, the Department of Defense announced the transfer of a detainee from Guantanamo Bay to his home country of Morocco. The move represented a policy change from the Trump administration as President Biden is reported to be starting efforts to close the detention facility.
The facility was opened under former President George W. Bush in 2002 after the 9/11 attacks.
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Reuters
President Joe Biden's administration said on Monday that it had transferred its first detainee from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, a Moroccan man who had been imprisoned since 2002, bringing the population at the facility down to 39.
Set up to house foreign suspects following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington, the prison came to symbolize the excesses of the U.S. “war on terror” because of harsh interrogation methods critics say amounted to torture.
While Trump kept the prison open during his four years...
Associated Press Fact Check
The Biden administration on Monday transferred a Guantánamo Bay detainee to his home country for the first time, a policy shift from the Trump presidency that repatriated a Moroccan man years after he was recommended for discharge.
The prisoner, Abdullatif Nasser, who’s in his mid-50s, was cleared for repatriation by a review board in July 2016 but remained at Guantánamo under President Donald Trump. In announcing his transfer Monday, the Pentagon cited the board’s determination that Nasser’s detention was no longer necessary to protect U.S. national security.
Nasser, also known as Abdul...
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Washington Examiner
The Biden administration made its first transfer of a Guantanamo Bay inmate to his home country as the administration pushes to shutter the facility.
The Department of Defense announced on Monday morning the transfer of Abdul Latif Nasir back to Morocco.
In 2016, the Periodic Review Board process ruled that his detention “no longer remained necessary to protect against a continuing significant threat to the national security of the United States.”
At that time, the board recommended he be authorized to return home, but officials were unable to complete the process before the Obama administration ended. The Trump...
