doi:10.7916/9yn8-cy51Oral history interview with Mohamedou Ould Slahi Houbeini, 2022Slahi, Mohamedou Ouldoral historiesmixed materialPresidents--United StatesTorture--Government policy--United StatesMilitary interrogation--Government policy--United StatesDetention of persons--Government policy--United StatesDue process of law--United StatesPrisoners--Legal status, laws, etc.--CubaPrisoners--Civil rights--CubaMilitary bases, American--Law and legislation--CubaGuantánamo Bay Naval Base (Cuba)Slahi, Mohamedou OuldObama, BarackGuantánamo Bay Detention CampMohamedou Ould Slahi tells the story of his kidnapping, detention, torture, and imprisonment at the Guantánamo Bay detention camp, where he was imprisoned without charges from 2002 to 2016. Slahi recounts his upbringing and education in Mauritania and Germany, and narrates the circumstances and events that led to his detention and imprisonment. He details the conditions and treatment he experienced at several facilities, including Guantánamo Bay, and outlines the legal process that led to the publication of his memoirs and eventual release. Slahi describes long periods of constant torture, eventually leading to a coerced false confession, the reaction among Guantánamo detainees after the election of Barack Obama in 2008, and the relative improvement in conditions and treatment in the detention camp following the signing of Obama's January 22, 2009 executive orders on detention and interrogation. Slahi also discusses his difficult journey back to freedom, his present-day happiness in his life, and the Obama administration's failure to close Guantánamo Bay