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Judge Orders Release of Guantanamo Prisoner After Seven Years Saying Government Position "Defies Common Sense"

A federal judge has ordered the release of another prisoner held at Guantanamo Bay, 30-year old Syrian national Abdul Rahim Abdul Razak al-Janko. In the year 2000, Al-Janko was tortured by Al Qaida, who accused him of being a western spy, and he was imprisoned by the Taliban for 18 months. He was then captured by the United States in 2002 and spent the next seven years in Guantanamo. On Monday, District Court Judge Richard Leon rejected the governments position that Al-Janko had once been a part of Al Qaeda saying it defies common sense. We speak with British journalist Andy Worthington, author of The Guantánamo Files: The Stories of the 774 Detainees in Americas Illegal Prison.

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