Closing Guantanamo Bay
NOVEMBER 24, 2008 MONDAY AT 3PM CT

 
 
In his first televised appearance since the election, President-Elect Obama told CBS 60 Minutes that he intends to close Guantanamo Bay prison and end the practice of torture. It turns out that it is not going to be so easy. There are 50 inmates at Guantanamo, some of them violent extremists. We will explore Obama's options and look into the success rate of Islamist rehabilitation programs with Christopher Boucek in the Middle East Program at the Carnegie Foundation.

Guest
  • Christopher Boucek, associate in the Middle East Program at the Carnegie Foundation
  • Gregory Johnsen, Ph.D. candidate in Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University
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