Guantanamo Detainees, One Year Later

By Tom Gjelten

Published January 11, 2003 at 12:00 AM EST

It's been one year since the first al Qaeda and Taliban detainees were transferred from Afghanistan to the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Hundreds remain there, subject to intense interrogations. NPR's Tom Gjelten reports.

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Tom Gjelten reports on religion, faith, and belief for NPR News, a beat that encompasses such areas as the changing religious landscape in America, the formation of personal identity, the role of religion in politics, and conflict arising from religious differences. His reporting draws on his many years covering national and international news from posts in Washington and around the world.

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