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Nearly a year ago, as Ron DeSantis’s political stock was rising, a former Guantánamo Bay detainee came forward with a stunning claim: Before he was Florida’s governor, as a young Navy lawyer, Mr. DeSantis had taken part in a forced feeding of a hunger striker at the notorious American prison, …

CNN  —  President Joe Biden on Saturday announced the return of seven Americans he said were wrongfully detained in Venezuela for “years.” “Today, after years of being wrongfully detained in Venezuela, we are bringing home Jorge Toledo, Tomeu Vadell, Alirio Zambrano, Jose Luis Zambrano, Jose Pereira, Matthew Heath, and Osman …

   A series of secret, never-before-released photos of the original detainees at the US’ prison at Guantanamo Bay detention camp have been published.   The photos, posted by the New York Times on Sunday, June 12 show scenes of alleged Al-Qaeda/Taliban terrorists in shackles, blindfolds and ear protectors as they …