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Breaking News about The Other Latif

Radiolab

WNYC Studios

Science, Natural Sciences, History, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.643.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2021

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

A major development in the case of Guantanamo detainee Abdul Latif Nasser.

To listen to our series about him, go to theotherlatif.org.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, you're listening to Radio Lab. This is Laptop Nasser and what I have for you today

0:04.8

is some breaking news. So you might remember last year my colleagues and I brought to you the story of a man

0:13.0

with my name of the thief Nasser. Detainee 244 at Guantanamo Bay.

0:19.2

Hey, what if Killed me? What do you have cut your head off on a video if you had been instructed?

0:23.3

Hello, duh.

0:24.1

Labelled the worst of the worst by the United States government.

0:27.5

People who've committed crimes tend to lie about it. Detained for almost 20 years.

0:32.0

That's why he's still at Gitmo. Who then was cleared to leave.

0:35.9

He's innocent.

0:37.0

You have to take everything the CIA says with a pinch of salt.

0:39.6

I know he was beaten many, many times.

0:41.8

Opened up a hendora's box of horrific truths about American justice.

0:46.8

But because of politics and a bureaucratic snarl at a crucial moment.

0:51.9

And we're going to load it up with some bad dudes.

0:54.4

Got stuck at Guantanamo anyway.

0:56.4

He's somebody who should be home.

0:58.1

Should've been home a long time ago.

1:02.5

And here's what we have to tell you.

1:04.5

After 19 years, he's out.

1:08.7

The US government has transferred Abdel-Atef Nasser out of Guantanamo.

1:14.1

We don't know much else yet.

1:16.1

Other than that as you hear this, Abdel-Atef has touched down on the tarmac in his home country of Morocco.

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