Guantanamo detainee returns to Britain

Monday, February 23, 2009

Former British resident Binyam Mohamed is being released from Guantanamo today and returning to the UK. His case is controversial because he alleges that he was tortured while in CIA custody, and a British court says that classified documents support his claim. BBC Security Correspondent Rob Watson joins John with a look at Mohamed’s story, and what it says about how the Obama Administration is handling detainees and the alleged abuses of the Bush Administration.

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