“Abu Zubaydah is at the heart of everything that keeps Gitmo from closing: the issue of torture,” Greenberg said. Abu Zubaydah presents the hardest test thus far for the Obama administration’s last-ditch attempt at vacating the Guantánamo detention facility through the quasi-parole process. But its nominal parent agency, the office of the director of national intelligence, does, leading observers to doubt that Abu Zubaydah will actually go free. Obama has transferred, resettled or released 162 Guantánamo detainees since taking office. “Abu Zubaydah and his case represents that.

Source: The Guardian August 09, 2016 17:36 UTC