Guantanamo’s symbolism has shifted fundamentally over the three presidential administrations that it has been used as an island prison. It’s worth reconsidering that history—and what it means in the present context of a president who has openly stated his animus toward Muslims—on the occasion of the 16^th anniversary of the prison’s opening. If the United States is ever to move past the moral and legal morass of what it has done and continues to do at that prison, it must acknowledge these realities. ...

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