Former Guantanamo Detainee Bombed Iraqi Base U.S. officials sent Abdallah Al-Ajmi from the Guantanamo Bay detention facility to Kuwait, where he was released. He later drove a truckload of explosives into an Iraqi army base. The case further complicates the issue of what to do with detainees once Guantanamo closes.

Former Guantanamo Detainee Bombed Iraqi Base

Former Guantanamo Detainee Bombed Iraqi Base

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U.S. officials sent Abdallah Saleh Al-Ajmi from the Guantanamo Bay detention facility to Kuwait, where he was released. He later drove a truckload of explosives into an Iraqi army base.

The case further complicates the issue of what to do with detainees once Guantanamo closes.

Guests:

Rajiv Chandrasekaran, associate Editor and former Baghdad bureau chief for the Washington Post, author of two-part series "After Guantanamo"

Debra Burlingame, co-founder of 9/11 Families for a Safe and Strong America