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      <description><![CDATA[<p>This episodes discusses torture, please listen with care.</p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://anchor.fm/s/feb46884/podcast/rss">Sources</a></p><p>Alice Cuddy, “US Moves 11 Guantanamo Bay Detainees to Oman,” BBC, January 8, 2024.S </p><p>O’Mara, “Captive Brain: Torture and the Neuroscience of Humane Interrogation | QJM: An International Journal of Medicine | Oxford Academic,” <em>QJM: An International Journal of Medicine</em> 111, no. 2 (January 3, 2018): 73–78.</p><p>Jennifer K. Elsea, “Naval Station Guantanamo Bay: History and Legal Issues Regarding Its Lease Agreements” (Congressional Research Service, August 1, 2022),<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R44137"> </a></p><p>Carol Rosenberg, “Guantánamo Bay Explained: The Costs, the Captives and Why It’s Still Open,” <em>The New York Times</em>, January 9, 2025, sec. U.S.</p><p>Carol Rosenberg, “U.S. Sends 11 Guantánamo Prisoners to Oman to Start New Lives,” <em>The New York Times</em>, January 6, 2025, sec. U.S.</p><p>Ellen Knickmeyer, “US Transfers 11 Guantanamo Detainees to Oman After More than 2 Decades Without Charge,”<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://military.com"> </a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://Military.com">Military.com</a>, January 7, 2025.</p><p>Sacha Pfeiffer, “U.S. Transfers 11 Yemeni Prisoners from Guantánamo to Oman,” <em>NPR</em>, January 6, 2025, sec. National Security.</p><p>The New York Times, “The Guantánamo Docket,” <em>The New York Times</em>, May 18, 2021, sec. U.S.,.</p><p>“Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp,” American Civil Liberties Union, accessed January 9, 2025,<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.aclu.org/issues/national-security/detention/guantanamo-bay-detention-camp"> </a>“Guantanamo Bay Detainee Transfer Announced,” U.S. Department of Defense, January 6, 2025.</p><p> “Guantánamo Bay Detention Facility: An Overview,” Center for Victims of Torture, January 7, 2025.</p><p>Music by:</p><p><strong>"Music for Manatees" Kevin MacLeod (</strong><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://incompetech.com"><strong>incompetech.com</strong></a><strong>)</strong> <strong>Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License</strong><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"> <strong>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</strong></a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><strong>"Super</strong></a><strong> Power Cool Dude" Kevin MacLeod (</strong><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://incompetech.com"><strong>incompetech.com</strong></a><strong>)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License</strong><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><strong>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</strong></a></p>]]></description>
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