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On the recordJuly 27, 2009
In other words, the assumption is that people who would not have otherwise been recruited believed that the American system of justice at Guantanamo was insufficiently rigorous and, therefore, decided to object by becoming terrorists?
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Jon Kyl
Republican · Arizona

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Kyl questions the assumption that Guantanamo's justice system leads to terrorism recruitment.

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