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Gitmo, six convictions of 779. in the new york courts, 39 cases. a lot fewer. but 35 of them have ended with a guilty plea or conviction. sounds like it would be better to go in new york. >> i think you have a point. i think david has a point. the point is that the military commissions, as fashioned by congress, are pretty much of a mess. congress fashioned this system of military commissions, congress should fix it. mend it, don't end it. and while the military commission system is bad, the civilian legal justice system does have its problems as well. i would ask if the names o.j. simpson and...

That the charge sheet for these men is an inch thick and takes 66 pages to list all the names of the victims of 9-11. >> heather: that pretty much says it all. thank you very much. now for a little more context, on january 11, 2002, the first 20 detainees arrived at guantanamo bay, cuba, by air force cargo plane from afghanistan. a total of 779 people have been sent to the prison. most have been transferred out to other countries. 172 detainees are currently being held there. some other notable gitmo detainees throughout the years include the man known as osama bin laden's driver. he was event...

The report find too many risks were taken in releasing detainees from this prison. one out of three of terror suspects released or transferred from gitmo either went onto reengage in insurgent activities or are suspected of doing as much. peter doocey has more on this for us. how many returned to terror. >> the doj said 779 detainees have been held at gitmo. 600 have been released so far. 27% were confirmed or suspected to have been engaged in terrorist or in sur gent abg sifts in 2011. that is a report by the armed services committee. back in october of 2010, that was 150 detainees. in april ...

Shameful and taboo. we know that james o'keith iii likely violated instate election laws when he tried to get ballots in new hampshire using the name of recently deceased voters and o'keith acorn is on probation. the poor teenager of color he likely would be facing harsh sanctions right about now. we now know that ten years after guantanamo bay opened as an island outside the law 779 prisoners have passed through and only six of those have been convicted. thanks to the american civil liberties union report guantanamo by the numbers we know the youngest prisoner was 13, the oldest was 98. the p...

Policies. some analysts predict the facility may stay in business for a while. lawmakers cut off funding that would have brought prisoners to the united states for trial. and downed a plan to how's them at a prison in illinois. since the beginning, 779 prisoners have passed through guantana guantanamo, according to the defense department. there are currently 171 detainees being held there. only seven are scheduled for trial and 89 are eligible for release. some former inmates say their time at guantanamo is a dark memory. >> this is an anniversary of tragedy, of pain, of torment, of families b...