Barack Obama: “Rather than keeping us safer, the prison at Guantanamo has weakened American national security. It is a rallying cry for…”

“Rather than keeping us safer, the prison at Guantanamo has weakened American national security. It is a rallying cry for our enemies. It sets back the willingness of our allies to work with us in fighting an enemy that operates in scores of countries. By any measure, the costs of keeping it open far exceed the complications involved in closing it.”