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Christopher Boucek
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Debate Rages Over Those Still At Guantanamo
If President-elect Obama closes Guantanamo, as he pledged to on the campaign trail, the administration will have to figure out what to do with the remaining detainees. One option is a rehabilitation program modeled on a successful Saudi initiative that includes intensive counseling sessions, help finding employment, and, crucially, religious dialogue with imams.
Published on Nov 20, 2008
Source: NPR
Nearly 3,000 people have gone through Saudi Arabia’s four-year rehabilitation program, including former Guantanamo detainees. The program includes intensive counseling sessions, help finding employment, and, crucially, religious dialogue with imams who engage former militants in discussions of sharia and the Quran. Only two percent of program graduates relapse, but Boucek noted that the low re-arrest rate reflects the fact that the program focuses on low to mid-level operatives, not senior militants.
About the Author
Christopher Boucek
Former Associate, Middle East Program
Boucek was an associate in the Carnegie Middle East Program where his research focused on security challenges in the Arabian Peninsula and Northern Africa.
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Recent Work
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