The Guantánamo “Suicides,” Revisited

A missing document suggests a possible CIA cover-up

By Scott Horton

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[Cuba]
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[Guantánamo Bay]
[Guantánamo Bay Naval Base (Cuba)]
[Military interrogation]
[Military law]
[Prisoners]
[Suicide]
[United States. Central Intelligence Agency]
[Yasser Talal Al-Zahrani]

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