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Will Guantanamo Bay Ever Close?

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Attorney Sabin Willett has represented detainees at Guantanamo Bay and says a bill making its way through Congress effectively declares war forever and could ensure that the prison camp in Cuba will never close.

In the Boston Globe this week, Willett writes about little-noticed provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act that would allow the military to detain people who are part of, or support, terrorist groups, such as al-Qaida.

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This segment aired on September 16, 2011.

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