Ian Moss

attorney with the Military Commissions Defense Organization; former chief of staff to the Special Envoy for Guantanamo Closure during the Obama administration

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The Guantánamo Bay detention center is still open, and 39 detainees are still in custody, down from a high of nearly 800.

Is it possible to close Guantanamo Bay — 20 years after 9/11 and numerous political promises?

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