By WNYC Studios
Published April 22, 2022 9:00am
Almost exactly twenty years ago,Ā detainee 244Ā got transferred to Guantanamo Bay.Ā Captured by American forces at the battleĀ Tora Bora five months previous, Abdul Latif Nasser was shaved, hooded, shackled, diapered, and flown halfway across the world.
The Radiolab special series,Ā The Other Latif, kicked off when one of our hosts, Latif Nasser, made a bizarre and shocking discovery. He shares his name with detainee 244. A man the U.S. government paints a terrifying picture of as Al-Qaedaās top explosives expert, and one of the most important advisors to Osama bin Laden. Nasserās lawyer claims, on the ot...