Former CIA Officer: Close Guantánamo

Every drop of intelligence has been drained from the detainees, says Gail Helt. Release those cleared and transfer the 9/11 plotters to the U.S. for trial.

Only a few months ago, the wretched situation at Guantánamo Bay was back in the news. Newly elected President Joe Biden had said he supported the prison’s closure. A couple of attention-getting movies and news reports had raised questions about the utility of continuing to detain men whose intelligence value was exhausted years ago and whose terror netw…