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Lisa 2022-11-06 00:14:51
Justice, rule of law, human nature, conscience: what is belief and what is contention?
A movie based on real events, heavy but very powerful, worth it! ! As a scholar of international politics, the U.S. war on terrorism and the Guantanamo prisoner abuse scandal are topics that I am very familiar with, but reading academic literature is completely different from watching...
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Briana 2022-11-07 03:18:45
what a wonderful feeling
The BBC's "The Mauritanian" is based on Mohamedou Ould Slahi's memoir "The Guantanamo Diaries". true story.
Not much to say, there will be spoilers. I avoid spoilers before watching the movie. So, push yourself and others. Just about the cast: Jodie Foster as lawyer Nancy; Benedict Cumberbatch as...
Litha Bam
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Mohamedou Ould Slahi: In Arabic, the word for free and the word for forgiveness is the same word. This is how, even in here, I can be free.
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Stuart Couch: What's been done here is reprehensible!
Colonel Bill Seidel: I don't want to hear another word about detainee treatment. Your job is to bring charges. Let the judge decide what's admissible.
Stuart Couch: Sir, I refuse to prosecute this case. As a Christian, as a lawyer...
Colonel Bill Seidel: [yells] What makes you think you think you're better than the rest of us?
Stuart Couch: I don't think I'm better than anybody else, that is the point! Now we all took an oath, to support and defend the constitution. At the very least, we are miles away from that.
Colonel Bill Seidel: [venemously] You're a traitor.
Stuart Couch: [taken aback] What?
