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4 More Prisoners Leave Guantanamo In Waning Days Of Obama Administration

A flag waves inside Camp 6 at the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba last February. Ben Fox/AP hide caption

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4 More Prisoners Leave Guantanamo In Waning Days Of Obama Administration

January 6, 2017 • The four released detainees are from Yemen and have been accepted by Saudi Arabia. They were never charged and had been at the Guantanamo Bay prison for more than 14 years.

Marion Prison in Illinois, where one of the CMUs is located. Steve Jahnke/The Southern/AP hide caption

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Five More High-Profile Inmates Sent To 'Guantanamo North' Prison Units

September 29, 2011 • At the special communications management units (CMUs), their conversations are monitored 24 hours a day.

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