this was a really, very intent international -- it was a huge vote for the united states. forget about diplomatic jihadists, but that sort of receded. you live this every day, do you think that is a reasonable view or not? >> i was thinking that it, you know, he my kind of every day interactions with muslim people i think people are relevant. know, anot about, you terrorist response, this is about an everyday, ordinary appreciation of muslims about guantanamo and what it stands for. i think it does have a -- it does have a very bad affect even if it is not pitching in at a very high level. >> i am scott, i work at human rights first and i am also a moon. certainly it is a friendly audience for what your purposes and i commend all of you for your arguments have.

waste a lot of time banging our heads against the wall trying to figure out what we should be doing to move the ball down the field. if you are an advocacy organization, what would you say we should be doing to get this place closed with the next year, whether it is moving with the administration. myidealist you have from week and doing besides pushing what you guys a been doing and the like? deep pointeding in to which none of the sun is the deterioration and physical deterioration of the detainees. you know, from the very beginning until now, does this idea that they are super-powerful, super-human, super-dangerous. or you kidding? first of all they are crippled from this experience. and in custody in a hopeless situation is its own form of richard. ngl hasno journalist or

taken on the job to say let's look at these as human beings are. on the same line, those who have gone back or homeowner wherever they have gone, there has been sporadic press about it. uruguay, who is in uruguay? best of these detainees have gone home, they have set the book, they don't want to talk to anybody, they don't want to be bothered. that does not include peter's point about what is happened, but it is important to know some reality out there. yes you will be accused of, you know, changing the facts or whatever. i think it is important to try and neither one of the story seems to be up there from my point of view. >> i think human rights played a really, youuse know, the idea -- i was talking toughnesshe idea that in times of crisis, you do with

your principles, you avoid them off. together toughs military guys time into getting to say, our strength derives not tough,r wealth and being but from our supposed. that is, i think, that will continue to be the most up them think. believe me, if obama chided to close this in the middle of the election there would be held to. kelly would be yelling how we are weak, anti-american people and human rights comes and into that and you say no, you get john hudson. you know, you play a critical role and you have got to keep doing that in getting that out there. >> that is the same discussion i've been having since i got into the states a few days ago. significant tore me that the one thing we can push on this is the pr believe.

-- prb. maybe we all need to talk about how we can make that a priority. >> thank you to our panel. it was wonderful. any observations before profit up? karen: i have one. not trying the leaders of 9/11 harmful beyond imagination to the ability of americans to get beyond the tragedy of 9/11 in it is not understood and you know, we don't really understand it. but my feeling is this deep, psychological, emotional, political damage from never be healed in any way until that trial takes place. so, that is another piece of guantanamo. >> thank you. >> thank you to the panel. thank you.

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