You think you're going to impress an American jury with [your] words? In the eyes of the Americans, you're doomed. Just — Mohamedou Ould Slahi, Guantánamo Diary
You think you're going to impress an American jury with [your] words? In the eyes of the Americans, you're doomed. Just — Mohamedou Ould Slahi, Guantánamo Diary
You think you're going to impress an American jury with [your] words? In the eyes of the Americans, you're doomed. Just — Mohamedou Ould Slahi, Guantánamo Diary
You think you're going to impress an American jury with [your] words? In the eyes of the Americans, you're doomed. Just — Mohamedou Ould Slahi, Guantánamo Diary
You think you're going to impress an American jury with [your] words? In the eyes of the Americans, you're doomed. Just — Mohamedou Ould Slahi, Guantánamo Diary
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You think you're going to impress an American jury with [your] words? In the eyes of the Americans, you're doomed. Just looking at you in an orange suit, chains, and being Muslim and Arabic is enough to convict you.

— Mohamedou Ould Slahi, Guantánamo Diary
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