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Report: Americans Have Spent $161.5 Million Housing Suspected Terrorists At Guantanamo Bay

Emily Zanotti
Report: Americans Have Spent $161.5 Million Housing Suspected Terrorists At Guantanamo Bay
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Taxpayers have reportedly paid an estimated $161.5 million to house Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks, keeping him alive so that he can stand trial, according to Fox News.

The sheer cost of housing, feeding, and treating the Guantanamo Bay detainees makes it, the outlet reports, the “most expensive prison on earth.”

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