Should the memories of past residents be part of the current dialogue on GTMO?
Your Answers
89% Yes
11% No

no Evil shouldn't be allowed to speak unless it is to uncover more evil to be stopped.

Steven Molloy, Villa Hills , KY

yes People need to know Gitmo today is not what it was in the past and it is not a bad place to be. Most of us loved it.

Serina Outland, gautier, mississippi

no They are very heartwarming and interesting, but those people were not responsible for what's happened there since 9-11

Submitted by SMS

yes Our memories are part of the GTMO legacy, and should be preserved, not forgotten. Some day the prison will be gone and things will be more or less how there were before it existed.

Heather Hamilton, Naples, FL

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This Week in Guantánamo: 2015 and 2007

February 19, 2015: Former GTMO detainee David Hicks wins a legal challenge against a conviction of providing material support for terrorism. His ‘guilty’ finding is dismissed. Hicks describes ongoing medical problems as a result of his time at GTMO.

March 30, 2007: David Hicks becomes the first GTMO War on Terror detainee to be convicted. He is sentenced to 9 months in jail, to be served in his home country of Australia.