order, guantanamo -- i visited guantanamo when i was in office in february of 2008.lso while a judge, i visited several medium security facilities in the united states. if you are talking about conditions, and compares favorably with every medium security facility i have visited. it has advantages that no place in this country has, it is remote, your and humane -- it is remote, secure, and humane. that's not to say there is no violence. it is all directed by and large by the tenants against the guards and a landlords, to the point where guards have to wear plastic fascial when they walked down the corridors to avoid various liquids that are thrown at them. of weapons that were fashioned by these people filled several rooms when i was there and i can't imagine how many they fill now. official whoelgian dealt with prisons in belgian who visited guantanamo and was supposed to have a press conference talk about how horrible it was and he said he could not do that because it compared favorably with anything he had seen in belgium. the notion that somehow, guantanamo was a

inorter: so many years guantanamo have damaged his health but not his resolve. an overcrowded boat with 150 people were rescued off the greek island of lesbos on friday morning. everyone on board was brought to shore safely. rescue came after 22 people drowned overnight when two boats died in the aegean sea. more than 700,000 migrants crossed to europe by boat so far this year. has been ays there major step forward in tackling global warning -- warming but more needs to be done. the plan submitted by 146 countries cover 90% of global carbon emissions and the target of stopping temperatures rising by a certain amount is still, they say, within reach. david: this is no ordinary fire. great swathes of indonesia are burning. the forest cleared to make way for plantations. fires happen every year here but these are bigger figures than usual and they have global and locations because vast amounts of carbon dioxide are being given off. as much as germany produces in a year in the past month. at all that to the greenhouse world as more countries industrialize and burn m

is he going to close guantanamo, yes a number of them cleared for release and will go home or a third country by the time his presidency is over but what about the ones yet to be tried and the process has practically stalled and what about who they don't want to release but want to detain as indefinite detainees or commonly known as forever detainees and have to come here if he is going to close it and he is finally in guantanamo stepping up and saying no i'm going to block this. >> a lot are still there because there is no where for them to go. >> yes, because there are a lot of diplomatic issues about many of them are from yemen, the united states made the calculation that to return them to yemen is asking for recitivism and asking for trouble and don't do that. >> is there disagreement within the administration and some agencies while they are cleared for release some say they are cleared but we have not checked them off yet? >> in terms of there may be some rumor behind the scene but process of which they get released periodic review board says can they or not be released there is

in 2002 he was transferred to guantanamo bay. by 2007 the bush administration had cleared him for release. yet he was still in custody i in 2009 when the obama administration also cleared him for release. he went on hunger strikes several times. one of the many prisoners to protest in this way. campaigners say that he was held in appalling conditions, sometimes in solitary confinement and alleged he was beaten. >> his release comes after years of relentless campaigning by his family and his supporters. he now has to try to rebuild his life. >> how that is even possible after more than 13 years inside guantanamo bay is hard to quantify. there are serious concerns about the former detainee's health, and questions remain, too, about how and why it took so long for him to be released. emma hayward, al jazeera. >> well, in the last hour i spoke to his lawyer, and he explained what happened the day he told his client he was going to be free. >> well, i was at guantanamo a month ago. it was literally on a thursday morning that notificat

no one ever calls him his name in guantÁnamo bay, he is 239.s one example of what is said to me. he says, one of the things he is afraid of when he gets home is one of his kids will say, "daddy," and he will respond because his kids are not calling him "239." when you look at that and the posters -- ptsd that shaker is gone through as a result of the torture went on to him, we have a lot of work to do. the first thing we will do when we get him back to britain is taken straight to medical clinic and get him some help. nermeen: we would like to turn to saudi arabia from a reprieve has just released a report on executions in saudi arabia. i want to ask about the mother of a saudi protester sentenced to be beheaded and crucified for his role in the 2012 pro-democracy uprising has begged president obama to intervene to save her son's life. ali mohammed al-nimr was arrested at the age of 17 and convicted of encouraging protests during the arab spring. he faces execution any day now. al-nimr is the nephew of a prominent cleric who also received a dea

>> i was at guantanamo a month ago. we had heard that he was going to be released and president obama had called prime minister cameron to inform him. i walked in the next morning, and saw him seated there the way he always is for a meeting. shackled to the ground. i said i have good news for him. i told him what happened. i said after this 30-day waiting period the path would be clear for his return to the united kingdom. he stared at me blankly and started telling me about his shoes and how they had to replace the shoes and showed mow how the shoes are falling apart. which is normal. butty to interrupt him. listen very carefully. i repeated the news did it sink in. he asked if i was serious. i said yes, and he had a huge smile. >> we know he went on hunger strikes several times. what more can you tell us? do you know of his general physical and psychological condition? >> well, i can tell you that the hunger strikes were a way for him to upheld his sown dignity and humanity. to be held without charge and to go through

that's not to say there isn't any violence at guantanamo, there is.t's all directed by and large by the tenants against the guards and their landlords, to the point where the guards have to wear plastic face shields when they walk down the corridors to avoid the various liquids that are hurled at them. and the collection of weapons that were fashioned by these people filled a room when i was there. i can imagine how many rooms it fills now. there was a belgian official who dealt with prisons in belgium who visited guantanamo and was supposed to have a press conference afterwards to talk about how horrible it was. he said he couldn't do that because it compared favorable with anything he had seen in belgium. the notion that somehow guantanamo is a hell hole or ever was is ridiculous. the notion that somehow we're going to be safer if we take people who are detained there and bring them here i think is also ridiculous, because we've got a cadre of lawyers by the thousands who have said that they're going to use the federal courts essentially as a trampo

guantanamo, i visited guantanamo when i was in office, and i visited in february of 2008. i had also -- while i was a judge visited several -- forget mask security -- medium security facilities in the united states. it compares with every medium facility i ever visited in this country. it has three advantages that no place in the country has. it's remote, secure, and humane. that's not to say there isn't any violence at guantanamo. there is. it's all directed by and large by the tenants against the guards and their landlords. flosh the point where the guards have to wear plastic shields when they walk down to the corridors to avoid the various liquids hurled at them. and the collection -- the collection of weapons that were farced by these people would fill the room when i was there and i can't imagine how many rooms it fills now. there was a belgian official who dealt with prisons in belgian who visited guantanamo, and was supposed to have a press conference afterwardswards and t how horrible it was. he said he couldn't do that because it compared favorably with anything

. ♪ hello and welcome to al jazeera i'm jane dutton in doha and the last prisoner in guantanamo bay and been detained without charge since 2002 and proposal to create the world's biggest marine ra severe gets support from china but falls short of an agreement. ♪ we begin with breaking news from syria at least 40 people have been killed by government missiles east of the capitol damascus, conflict monitor and a local rescue group say 100 people were wounded in the attack on a marketplace in duma the observatory for human rights said they fired 12 missiles on the town and top diplomates are meeting in austria to find an end to the violence and u.s. secretary of state wants to see a way forward with talks but john kerry says it will be very different and france's foreign minister says there must be significant change in syria and the first time both sides have been invited to the table and u.n. secretary ban ki-moon has called for flexibility and we are joined live from vienna and what is the plan for today, mohamed? >> reporter: well, jane, the plenary section started in the last half an

that's not to say there isn't any violence at guantanamo. it is all directed by and large by the tenants againste the he guards and their landlords. to the point where the guards have to wear plastic face shields when they walk down the corridors to avoid the various liquids that are hurled at them. and the collection -- the collection of weapons that were fashioned by this people -- by these people filled the room. there was a belgianicia officiao dealt with prisons in belgium s who visited guantanamo and he was supposed to have a press conference afterwards to talk ee about how horrible it was. he said he couldn't do that, because it compared favorablyol with anything he had seen in w belgium. the notion that guantanamo is is a hell hole or ever was is ridiculous.aine the notion that somehow we'll be safer if we takee, people who a detained thereau and bring them here i think is also ridiculous. because we have gogot a cadre o lawyers by the thousands who have said they'll use the federal courts as a trampoline for their energies and do wh

brits at guantanamo.allies with the british it's a little awkward that we have to hold their citizens and their residents as prisoners in our mysterious offshore prison in cuba. it's an awkward diplomatic issue in terms of the very close relationship between our two countries. why can't the brits just handle their people if they're suspected of terrorist offenses? why do we have to keep them in cuba? well, after binian mohammed was freed after the first month of the obama presidency, as the first guantanamo prisoner freed by the new president, that left only one more british guy at guantana guantanamo, and for that remajor british prisoner tony blair lobbied for him to be sent home to britain. david cameron lobbied for him to get sent home to britain. the head of the labour party, jeremy corbin lobbied. there was this huge effort at the top of british politics. even celebrities in britain lobbying for this last british guy at guantanamo to be let out and sent back to the uk. it's been a years-long effort.

releases a prisoner who spent more than 5,000 days at guantanamo bay. his attorney shares the moment shakir amir learned he was free. >>> israeli war crimes are taken to the international criminal court. >>> but first a look at th >> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm randall pinkston in for antonio mora. coming up in this half hour of international news china threatens war over the schoints. south china sea. stories making headlines across >>> but first a look at the stories making headlines across the u.s. in our american minute. some areas got 16 inches of rain in texas in a matter of hours. raging rivers are forcing road closures at san antonio, tornadoes and gusty winds ripped buildings apart. kentucky officials say they killed a fooublg tiff who spent sifugitive, afterspending six d. cook had an extensive criminal history. in missouri, a plan has been charged in a connection of two in a series of church arsons in the st. louis area, authorities say seven churches were set on fire between october 8th and october 22nd. five of the churches had

let me first talk about the issue of guantanamo. the report continues to the restrictions relating to the guantanamo detention facility. in previous defense authorization bills, we had made progress in giving the president greater flexibility and streamlining the process for making transfers from guantanamo to other locations, bringing us closer to the goal of closing guantanamo. the guantanamo provisions in this year's conference report are in a sense a step backward. they continue to maintain the prohibitions on the transfer of guantanamo detainees to the united states and on the construction or modification of a facility in the united states to hold such detainees. this deprives the president of a key tool for fighting terrorism. the ability to prosecute guantanamo detainees in federal court. to make matters more complicated, the conference report imposes additional hurdles on the transfer of guantanamo detainees overseas, requiring the secretary of defense to complete a checklist of certifications for overseas transfers and proh

in 2002 he was transferred to guantanamo bay. by 2007 the bush administration had cleared him for release yet he was still in custody in 2009 when the obama administration also cleared him for release. shakir amar went on hunger strike many times one of the few to protest that way. authorities say he was held in appalling conditions sometimes in solitary confinement. after years of campaigning by his family and supporters he now has to try to rebuild list life. how that's even possible after more than 13 years inside guantanamo bay is hard to quantify. there are serious concerns about the former detainee's health and questions remain too about how and why it took so long for shakir amir to be released. emma hayward, at beacon hill. >> we heard from shakir amir his attorney. >> it was literally on a thursday morning that notification was september to congress that he would be released and president obama called prime minister cameron. that very next morning i saw shakir, i told him i had good news, what had happened and told him i

in 2002 he was transferred to guantanamo bay. by 2007 the bush administration had cleared him for release. still in custody in 2009, when the obama administration also cleared him for release. he went on hunger strike several times. one of the many prisoners to protest in this way. campaigners say shakir axir was held in falling conditions sometimes in solitary confinement and alleged he was beaten. his release comes after reletless campaignin campaignins family and supporters. it is expected he will be reunited, 14 years inside the world's most notorious prison. many will be asking how and why it took so long to free him. 'em maemma hayward, al jazeera. >> i asked his attorney when he first learned he was going to be set free. >> his reaction was extraordinary. i went into that shack, wooden shack in the cuban sun. there he sat shackled to the ground. all of our clients are shackled to the ground when we meet with them. i told him notification of his transfer had been forwarded to congress, that president obama had called prime

inside the bill, there is the ban on transfer from anyone in guantanamo to the united states. this of course is -- has been a problem for obama since the beginning. >> it was one of his campaign promises, his attempt to close guantanamo. >> it stands in the way of closing guantanamo, stands in the way of any kind of military commission that might be held here. there is so much going on in this and it has been a thorn in the president's side and attorney general's side since the president took office, actually and since this happened in 2011. >> back to the drawing board, right? >> unless enough democrats join republican to say override the veto. >> which when it comes to guantanamo, is, right? >> that could be a close vote. they may be short in the is not but in the house get enough democratic that is they agree that guantanamo should not be closed, the president should not have the ability to close it down or move prisoners to the mainland of the united states, the senate, but that may not be a guaranteed vote for president obama. >> i want to get to something david mentioned

in 2002 he was transferred to guantanamo bay.y 2007, the bush administration had cleared him for release, yet he was still in custody in 2009 when the obama administration also cleared him for release. he went on hunger strike many times. campaigners say he was held in appalling conditions, sometimes in solitary confinement, and also allege he was beaten. it is expected he'll be reunited with his family, including one child born during the initial stage of his incarceration. >>> israel has agreed to release bodies of palestinians who died in recent fighting. all died in hebron. israeli forces shot two palestinians on friday. one died and the other is in critical condition. israeli police say they overed fire after the men tried to stab a policemen. 67 palestinians and 9 israelis have died in the violence since the beginning of the month. stephanie decker has more. >> reporter: this is the first incident in two weeks in jerusalem where we have had according to the israeli police, say they a 23 year old from the occupied east jerus

early in his presidency barack obama promised to close guantanamo, a legacy of his predecessor's warterror. so far though it remains open and is still the subject of human rights allegations. his release comes after 13 years, it's expected he will be reunited with his family including one child born during the initial stage of incarceration, emma hayward, al jazeera. >>> 112 detainees still at the prison in guantanamo bay and 52 of those have been approved for transcript tear. >>> a week-long manhunt in kentucky for a man accused of shooting and wounding an officer is over this morning. police shot and killed floyd ray cook and happened in the south central part of the state overnight and convicted rapist had been on the run since saturday. >> there is a feeling of relief that is over, that the community is safer now just because we found him. >> reporter: schools and businesses in the area though had been shut down while authorities search for cook two of his alleged associates are in jail and awaiting charges. beginning this morning the justice department will release about 6,000 i

guantanamo is one.other one is this policy or lack of policy about what people we train and equip and whether we defend them or not. the lack of strategy to say that we can take out syrian air defenses in order to establish a no-fly zone is simply not true. i'll ask any military expert. that's not true. you don't have to take out syrian air defenses. syrians can't fly into our places. we've had military members like general petraeus and general keane and others who have a very different view of the whole issue of what we're going to do, which by doing nothing, has triggered a flood of millions of refugees, which is a problem we are going to be grappling with for many years to come. it didn't have to happen. i look forward to more conversations with you. i appreciate you coming to the committee. i appreciate your service. this meeting, i'm sure you'll be happy to know, is adjourned. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which

in 2002 he was transferred to guantanamo bay.2007, the bush administration had cleared him for release. still in custody in 2009 when the obama administration also cleared him for release. he went on hunger strikes several times, one of the many prisoners to protest in this way. campaigners say he was held in appalling conditions sometimes in solitary confinement and allege he was baent. his release comes after years of relentless campaigning by his family and supporters. he now has to try to rebuild his life. it's expected he'll be reunited with his family including one child born during the initial stage of his incarceration. his release comes after more than 13 years inside the world's most notorious prison. many will be asking how and why it took so long to free him. >>> israel has agreed to release bodies of palestinians who died in recent fighting. all were killed in hebron in the occupied west bank. on friday israeli forces shot another two palestinian at a check point in the occupied west bank. israeli police say that the

in 2002 he was transferred to guantanamo bay. the bush administration had cleared him for release. yet he was still in custody in 2009 when the obama administration also cleared him for release. he went on hunger strike several times. one of the many prisoners to protest in this way. campaigners say he was held in appalling conditions sometimes in solitary confinement and alleged he was beaten. his release comes after years of relentless campaigning by his family and his supporters. he now has to try to rebuild his life. >> reporter: there are still worries about the former detainee's health, and questions remain too about how, and why it took so long for him to be released. emma hayward, al jazeera. >>> the candidate for a party in the up coming myanmar election has been attacked with machetes. he is in hospital with severe head injuries and deep cuts to his hands. he was attacked by four men during a rally on thursday. voters in myanmar head to the polls in just over a week. >>> people in china have welcomed an end to the one-c

early in his president obama promised to close guantanamo.o far, though, it remains open and is still the subject of human rights allegations. his release comes after 13 years. it's expected he will be reunited with his family, including one child born during the initial stage of his incarceration. >>> there are 112 detainees still being held at the prison in guantanamo bay. 52 of those have been approved for transfer. >>> today a fourth u.s. citizen is said to be in an iranian jail. a family friend tells the "washington post" that he was visiting relatives in tehran earlier this month when security forces arrested him. he is a businessman who lives in dubai. he is also a descendant of a prominent iranian family. the state department says it is look going the reports. >>> off of the field but still praying. a suspended high school coach goes back to watch his team. why his suspension has created a rift over religion on and off the field. >>> president obama is sending >>> you are looking live at the white house press room where white house pr

he filed friend of the court briefs in the guantanamo bay case. i wonder what you think about the court's review of policy with regard to the war on terror and some of the antecedents to that. rep. goodlatte: this is an issue that is very important to again, underights, the bill of rights and the 14th amendment to the constitution. and we need to make sure that our laws are respectful of that. whereis is also a place there has been an evolution in thinking. the idea of interning people of they may beause somehow a threat to the security of the united states when we also had german-americans and italian americans and we do not , was really an than it was ofism a coherent military policy. either way, that policy was very flawed. when you look at some of the issues today with regard to foreign nationals who have committed terrorist acts or are a member of terrorist organizations, i think that gets a different treatment. i you, for example, the prisoners at guantanamo as being enemy combatants. we do not have a declaration of war like world war ii or

i can tell you, i've never heard anyone from i say talk about guantanamo.ughter] i have heard people talk to me about social security, or the tax system. what i scanned the horizon for is things that matter for my state. i'm not saying that this does not matter, but with the most valuable resource that a human has, time -- for me, i'm scanning the horizon for things of monumental importance. i'm from new jersey, not texas, but oil exports. i believe, if we stay on the trajectory we are on now, we will still only have by 2030, about 20% renewables in our country. we are able to renew the tax credit, and could ask again to 40% or more renewables in our total package. in the city -- i live in newark -- i'm writing a book right now about a kid that died from asthma. the particulate matter in the air is causing so much to the -- costing so much to the productivity of our kids. is there common ground to say, maybe we can allow more exports if we can allow business to do what they need, giving them reliable expectations of what the tax take sure what look like --

those who remain in guantanamo are, quote, worst of the worst, unquote. so it is safe to presume that if released, an even higher percentage of them will remain a threat to our national security. i struggle to understand why we would close the guantanamo bay detention camp only to finance the incarceration of enemy combatants within the united states. ever since 2012 congress has passed and president obama has signed annual restrictions against the transfer of prisoners at gtmo to the united states. the same restrictions are found in the f.y. 2016 national defense authorization act. passed by the house last week, despite president obama's promise to veto that bill. there is broad bipartisan opposition to president obama's plans to transfer gtmo prisoners into the united states. both among members of congress and the american people. for our nation's security, i implore president obama to sign the national defense authorization act when it reaches his desk and halt his reckless plan to place many of the world's worst terrorists on u.s. soil where they will

>> there is a plan to close the prison at guantanamo bay. we have laid it out. there are detainees that have been cleared for transfer. there are detainees that can be prosecuted, and there are detainees that can't be safely released. and properly determining how to deal with each of these individuals is our strategy. now, there are elements of it that we're still putting together, and will eventually present to congress in an effort to try to convince them to stop making it harder for us to complete this critically important task. and that's something we're going to continue to work on and is involved scouting, locations inside the united states where these are facilities that are previously held dangerous people. and in some cases, they already are holding terrorists. and so the question is could those facilities be used to close the prison of guantanamo bay? and essentially to transfer those individuals that can't be safely released or transferred anywhere else. >> all that takes time. retrofit those places, build new ones, so given that, is there a sense of

closing guantanamo.that's not a bipartisan majority, is it? >> what i'm referring to there is the support that was expressed by the bush administration for closing the prison. okay. joe, nice to see you. >> thanks, josh. >> how are you? >> i'm good. you? >> i'm doing fine. >> do you have any concerns about the budget deal given the fact that you have people on the one hand on the republican side who are saying it doesn't reduce the debt, you've got others saying it was crafted in secret behind close'sd doors? >> when it comes to this congress, we don't take anything for granted. that said, we were gratified by the bipartisan support that the piece of legislation received in the house of representatives and we remain reasonably confident that it will receive bipartisan support in the united states senate, as well. the thing that is important is that it represents -- it reflects a compromise. democrats and republicans sat town at the negotiating table, they looked at the numbers and they made decisions bas

. >>> the last british resident being held at guantanamo bay has arrived in the u.k. the u.s.eleased the saudi national this morning after 13 years. another detainee was sent home on thursday. they both had been in prison for 13 years without charge. a group that advocates for the release of guantanamo detainees says it will be a long readjustment process. >> the first that will happen is he needs urgent medical attention. his lawyers said after the hunger strikes and the forced feeding we read about in the senate report, that the senate report described as torture, he is in very, very bad health. his first step will be to seek that medical attention he needs and try to reconnect with his family. >> the u.s. first detained him in 2001 under suspicion he was working with the taliban. but he maintains he was doing charity work in afghanistan. 118 detainees are still being held at guantanamo. >>> the largest onetime release of federal prisoners is getting underway today. about 6,000 prisoners are being set free today and of that number more than 1700 are not u.s. citizens. they w

in 2002 he was transferred to guantanamo bay.07 the bush administration had cleared him for release. yet he was still in custody in 2009 when the obama administration also cleared him for release. he went on hunger strikes several times, one of the many prisoners to protest in this way. campaigners say he was held in appalling conditions sometimes in solitary confinement, and also allege he was baent. it is expected he will be reunited with his family, including one child born during the initial stage of his incarceration. >>> do stay with us here on al jazeera, still to come, overcrowding in u.s. prisons forces the government to consider early release for as many as 48,000 inmates. plus a proposal to create the world's biggest mar rear reserve hits another hurdle. >>> and in sport why this american gymnast could become one of the biggest stars at next year's olympic games. ♪ >>> israel has agreed to release bodies of palestinians who died in recent fighting. on friday israeli forces shot another two palestinians at a check point

the last british prisoner released after more than a decade in guantanamo bay. ♪ at least 0 people --people killed in a market in syria and witnesses say around 100 more wounded when missiles were fired in the marketplace in the rebel held area in duma west of damascus and the toll is expected to rise as people are pulled out of damaged buildings. more than a quarter of a million people have died since the brutal civil war began in 2011 and diplomates from all of the important stakeholders and not the combatants on the ground are waiting for a summit in vienna and let's talk now live from the austria capitol and those scenes of human suffering is exactly what the world is expecting the vienna georgia -- gathering to put an end to. >> that is absolutely right, sammy and the violence in syria a very stark juxt position to the talks going on here and they have tried to effect some kind of breakthrough and a compromise in syria to stop the violence and yet on the ground there the war just grinds on, the reports today that at least 40 people dead after a missile strike in syria, yesterday

i want to close guantÁnamo. as a plan.scuss it with the house chairman and see if we can get some support for such a thing. they cost something like $2.3 million and so they have never come over with a plan. after the secretary of defense and presidents advisory on terrorism set of my office and said we will get you a plan right away. of course we have no option. are we expected to approve of the closing of guantÁnamo without a plan for how you dispose of those people that have been judged too great a threat to the security of the united states to be released? of course not. sonot. so now they are complaining about a simple fact, and we are asking the administration to certify the someone that they want to release is not going to come back and attack america.america. i don't think that is an outrageous request. >> one other point. the restrictions that are in this conference report about bringing guantÁnamo detainees back to the us is the exact same language that president barack obama signed into law and the defense autho

this includes transferring -- guantanamo bay detainees to the united states and potentially northeast kansas. representing fort leavenworth, i know this is not in the nation's best interest, yet president obama would prefer to move the world's most deadly terrorists to our communities, rather than to pay our men and women in uniform. , mr. president, troop pay and our nation's security is no place to play politics. mr. thornberry: among the assad goingday is to moscow to thank the vladimir putin for saving his regime. 22 afghan policemen were murdered by the taliban. an f-18 apparently crashed in england. thousands there are of men and women strapping on their body armor, getting ready to go on patrol, fly their aircraft to protect the united states. it would be absolutely wrong for us to play political games with them, and the support that they depend upon. as has been mentioned including in this bill, is a reform for military retirement. today, 83% of people in the military walk away with no retirement. this bill changes that. there are reforms that make sure that if someone is on a

two who are voting guantÁnamo and poland was held a credible.re several cases pending before the european court of human rights. these are not individual cases most of this is a pattern for which there's been honest no accountability in europe. amy: speaking last night, he said some 25 european countries have been complicit in the cia prisons and renditions. so how do you hold a probe? who does it? >> ideally, the country itself. macedonia was found guilty for failing to conduct in a festive --effective investigation. we have to keep holding their feet to the fire and say coming up to get to the bottom of this. some of the is guilty and has to be held accountable. italy, for example, did try a number of people, both local agents and -- they called for the indictment of a number of cia personnel, but afterwards, they were pardoned by the president, so those cases were discontinued. is, whatnk the key these incidents show is a complete lack of democratic oversight of secured he services. the security services, and later in surveillance, or doing w

and the last british prisoner held at guantanamo bay. a private plane carrying shacker amir landed in london. a saudi who married a british woman was captured in 2002 in afghanistan, where he claimed he ran a girls school. u.s. government said he was was an associate of osama bin laden. his release is part of the obama administration's race to shut the controversial military prison. where 112 prisoners captured after 9/11 remain. the president said it was one reason he vetoed the defense authorization act last week. >> guantanamo is one of the premiere mechanisms for jihadist to recruit. it's time for us to close it. >> amir led the prisoners in hunger strikes. the united states never charged him with a crime. but he was accused of sharing an apartment with zacharias moussaoui. and senator john mccain chastised the defense second during an armed services committee hearing this week. >> i've always favored closing guantanamo for a whole variety of reasons, yet we still haven't got a plan from you. >> in order to close gitmo, as you know,

so we put in the language in guantanamo, and the president didn't -- voices his strong objection to guantanamo. finally, this issue of whether we are protecting those people who we are asking to fight against bashar assad and isis. isn't it true that we've dropped munitions, general dunford, to these people -- to a group of people who we are supporting in syria? >> it is true, senator. >> it is true? and yet are we, are we going to protect them from russian air attacks? >> senator, we have the authority, we have the capability s and we have options to defend the forces that -- >> but is it true that the russians are already attacking them? >> the ones we have trained -- >> i'm not asking the ones we've trained, the ones we dropped munitions to. >> no, the russians have not attacked the ones we've dropped munitions to, senator. >> they have not? >> no, chairman. >> and they have not -- >> to make sure you and i are speaking of the same group, the group i'm referring to is what's known as the syrian-arab coalition. they're operating in the northeast part of the country, and we recently provided

particularly in guantanamo. can we talk about how that -- cts the way we treat sen.rassley: it is simple. when people take up arms against our country, they are enemy combatants and they are not protected by the constitution of the united states. modified by recent supreme court decisions which say they at least have a right trialad this corpus for a before the courts. i think the protection came from the geneva conventions. that has been modified by statutes we passed and modified by court decisions. at that is where i come from originally. things have changed. we have to abide by the increased protections that people have under recent congressional -- congressional enactment and what the court said. >> i understand a personal decision for you you were serving in the iowa convention. sen. grassley: we thought we had an answer that was copied directly from the united states congress. one house based on area, one house based on population. we passed a constitutional amendment in the legislature, you have to do that with two different legislatures and it has to be vote

so we put in the language in guantanamo, and the president then voices his strong objection to guantanamo. finally, this issue of whether we are protecting those people who we are asking to fight against bashar assad and isis. isn't it true that we've dropped munitions, general dunford, to a group of people who we are supporting in syria? >> it is true, senator. >> it is true. and yet are we going to protect them from russian air attacks? >> senator, we have the authority, we have the capability, and we have options to defend the forces -- >> but is it true that the russians are already attacking them? >> the ones we have trained -- >> i'm not asking the ones we've trained. the ones we've dropped munitions to. >> no, the russians have not attacked the ones we've dropped munitions too. >> they have not? >> no, senator. to make sure you and i are speaking of the same group, the group i'm referring to is what's known as the syrian arab coalition. they operate in the northeast part of the country, north of raqa. we recently resupplied them with munitions. >> and if they're attacked by the rus

the population at guantanamo is now down to 113. it's growing smaller by the month.ent obama continues to insist he will have that prison empty by the time he leaves office. by hook or by crook. guantanamo as an issue has not really popped either in congressional politics or on the presidential campaign trail but if these transfer a pace, expect that to change. we'll be right back. [ scanner beeping ] sir, could you step aside? "sir"? come on. you know who i am. progressive insurance? uh, i save people an average of over $500 when they switch? did you pack your own bags? oh! right -- the name your price tool. it shows people policy options to help fit their budget. [ scanner warbling ] crazy that a big shot like me would pack his own bags, right? [ chuckles ] so, do i have the right to remain handsome? [ chuckles ] wait. uh-oh. >> well, there's something you don't see every day. >> it wasn't the stay puff marshmallow man wreacking havock across maryland and pennsylvania yesterday, but it was close. it was this military blimp thing. this giant radar equipped air defen

and the last british prisoner held at guantanamo bay.vate plane carrying shacker amir landed in london. a saudi who married a british woman was captured in 2002 in afghanistan, where he claimed he ran a girls school. u.s. government said he was was an associate of osama bin laden. his release is part of the obama administration's race to shut the controversial military prison. where 112 prisoners captured after 9/11 remain. the president said it was one reason he vetoed the defense authorization act last week. >> guantanamo is one of the premiere mechanisms for jihadist to recruit. it's time for us to close it. >> amir led the prisoners in hunger strikes. the united states never charged him with a crime. but he was accused of sharing an apartment with zacharias moussaoui. and senator john mccain chastised the defense second during an armed services committee hearing this week. >> i've always favored closing guantanamo for a whole variety of reasons, yet we still haven't got a plan from you. >> in order to close gitmo, as you know, we wou

in 2002 he was transferred to guantanamo bay. by 2007 the bush administration cleared him for release. still in custody in 2009 when the obama administration also cleared him for release. he went on hunger strike sever times, one of the many prisoners to protest in this way. campaigners say he was held in a appalling conditions, sometimes in solitary confinement and allege he was beaten. his release is after years of relentless campaigning bus bring his family. he has to try and rebuild his life. it's expected he'll be reunited with his family including one child born during the initial stage of his incarceration. his release is after more than 13 years said in the world's most notorious prison. many ask how and why it took to long to free him. >>> about 6,000 prisoners are about to be released in the u.s. to help reduce overcrowding. all are first-time offenders locked up for nonviolent drug crimes. more than 205,500 inmates serve time in 122 federal u.s. prisons. that's more than any other country. it doesn't include state pris

after serving 14 your site guantÁnamo, the british resident is on his way home to london.he was cleared for release in 2007. then, "how the other half banks." >> they can gain a huge process because the business model is such you have to keep renewing the loan and the keeps accumulating interest and fees for you and a paying at all. lending in the payday business model is this idea that you can be indebted for a very long time. it is a trap that a lot of low-income people get into, but it is completely a rational choice -- amy: author mehrsa baradaran on the threat to democracy. then harvard versus the prisoners. the harvard debate team squares off a group of inmates in a debate. who one? the answer might surprise you. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. british resident shaker aamer has been released from guantÁnamo after more than 13 years in prison. aamer had been cleared for release since 2007, but the pentagon kept him locked up without charge. during his time in captivity, he claims he