Thread by @ggreenwald

VIDEO: With a Second War on Terror Looming, a New Film Explores the Grave Abuses of the First

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Imprisoned without charges for fourteen years in Guantánamo, @MohamedouOuld is a symbol of humans' impulse to abuse power and their capacity for redemption.

The interview I conducted with him on Saturday is one I sincerely hope you will watch. A preview:

Particularly now, with Dems and their neocon allies who spawned the first War on Terror plotting how to launch a second, this time with a domestic focus, it is vital understand how arbitrary power of this kind ends up at least as dangerous as the enemy invoked to justify it.

Whatever your views on the first War on Terror, Slahi's story -- imprisoned and kidnapped across 4 countries for 14 years with no charges -- is one that holds crucial lessons about human nature (good and bad) & how power is exercised and abused.

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One last point: Slahi was first kidnapped, tortured and imprisoned without due process under Bush/Cheney. He finally won the right to have a US court hear his case in 2010, and it ruled in his favor. But he stayed in GITMO 6 more years because Obama had his DOJ appeal the ruling.

In other words, Obama flamboyantly campaigned in 2007 and 2008 to close Guantánamo, and not only didn't he, but he fought hard to keep people locked up there, and in Bagram, with no charges or due process. People are still there with no charges. The Beauty of Bipartisanship.

One of the benefits of having such an ideologically diverse readership -- rather than feeding a bunch of partisans what they want to hear -- is that I can put people like @yasserlouati & @MohamedouOuld in front of an audience who will listen to what they say with an open mind.