A star informer at Guantánamo Bay has won his freedom by making statements against at least 123 other prisoners there, according to the camp's leaked archives. The US military describe him as an "invaluable" source who has shown "exceptional co-operation" and shared his "vast knowledge" with the camp authorities. But lawyers for other detainees have accused him of unreliability – and even some mil
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