n April, Slate introduced readers to Mohamedou Ould Slahi, whom the U.S. government has imprisoned in Guantanamo for nearly 11 years. We ran a three-part series of excerpts from the memoirs he penned in captivity, handwritten pages full of brutal descriptions of interrogation, torture, loneliness and loss. In the excerpts, Slahi—who could not be linked to any acts of terrorism—narrates his 2001 arrest in Mauritania, his “disappearance” and path through various detainment facilities, and finally his arrival at Guantanamo, where he now lives in peace and quiet with the guards who have become his family. If you haven’t yet read his devastating account, you should.
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