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NOW on PBS | Web Exclusive: Duty vs. Conscience at Gitmo | PBS

Duration: 06:49
Program: NOW on PBS #536

In this Web exclusive video, learn how Lieutenant Colonel Stuart Couch, a government prosecutor set on convicting alleged 9/11 conspirator Mohamedou Ould Slahi, changed his mind after getting access to details of Slahi's treatment at the US prison in Guantanamo Bay. Couch, who was friends with a co-pilot of one of the jets hijacked on September 11, 2001, says Slahi was tortured. Only on NOW on PBS.

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Post Date: September 2, 2009