U.S. shows no sign of following Brits' Gitmo prisoners payoff | McClatchy

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Britain will pay as many as 16 former Guantanamo detainees millions of dollars to settle claims that it was complicit in their abuse at the hands of US officials. And the US continues to shield the architects of the torture program from civil liability while Bush-era officials, including former President Bush and former Vice President Cheney, boast of their crimes on national television."

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