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>> bill: back of the book segment tonight, watters world on labor day weekend, thousands of muslims gathered in washington for the islamic society of north america convention. today, of course, the 12th anniversary of 9/11 so this edition of watters world is especially appropriate. ♪ ♪ >> what is the muslim convention? >> i'm here to gain more knowledge about my own religion. >> great to be with your fellow americans who happen to be also muslim. >> i'm not muslim. >> but you are here at the muslim convention. >> yes. >> president obama still has gitmo open. >> yes, he does. >> does that b...

>> bill: back of the book segment tonight, watters world on labor day weekend, thousands of muslims gathered in washington for the islamic society of north america convention. today, of course, the 12th anniversary of 9/11 so this edition of watters world is especially appropriate. ♪ ♪ >> what is the muslim convention? >> i'm here to gain more knowledge about my own religion. >> great to be with your fellow americans who happen to be also muslim. >> i'm not muslim. >> but you are here at the muslim convention. >> yes. >> president obama still has gitmo open. >> yes, he does. >> does that b...

Transfer people and to close the prison. and that is ultimately what we need to be talking about and what we need to be seeing. >> doctor, in just 30 seconds, tell me this. is it more ethical to allow people to potentially die, because part of what the president has said is, this is -- we can't allow people to die as detainees, so we have to do the force feeding. is that an actual ethical problem, or do we simply not engage in force feeding as a country? >> well, it's really the risk of dying is far down the road. and so right at this point, when these people have refused to eat, because they'...

Mesmerized and repulsed by what he saw. he went on to launch an inquiry into the united nations interrogation techniques. even though president obama had already banned waterboarding almost immediately after taking office in 2009. on tuesday, james comey, the nominee for fbi director, put a feign point on our country's evolution on waterboarding, during his testimony before the senate judiciary committee and specifically a question from senator leahy. >> do you agree that waterboarding is torture and is illegal? >> yes. >> that easy answer continues to allude us when it comes to the question o...

Federal judges have condemned the treatment of detainees at guantanamo bay. on thursday, the chief judge of the district court ordered the military to end the genital searches of the detainees when they're moved from their cells to meet with attorneys. the judge called the searches religiously and culturally abhorrent to muslims and suggested the searches were intended to deter detainees from meeting with their lawyers. in a separate decision on monday, u.s. district judge gladys kessler responded to requests from a syrian detainee to end the force feeding of up to 45 of the 102 detainees who ...