hardly worth a year of your life

Lawyer: U.S. Settles With 9/11 Detainee
NEW YORK - The U.S. government has agreed to pay $300,000 to an Egyptian man who sued after he was detained for nearly a year following the Sept. 11 attacks, his lawyer said.

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This story should be used as an example to the people who think that there is no problem torturing every person that we are holding indefinitely. Obviously, this man is far from the only innocent person who is a victim of our country's extremism.