In his May 21, 2009 speech on national security given at the National Archives in Washington D.C., President Obama stated:
�there is also no question that Guantanamo set back the moral authority that is Americas strongest currency in the world.� Instead of building a durable framework for the struggle against al Qaeda that drew upon our deeply held values and traditions, our government was defending positions that undermined the rule of law.� In fact, part of the rationale for establishing Guantanamo in the first place was the misplaced notion that a prison there would be beyond the law a proposition that the Supreme Court soundly rejected.� Meanwhile, instead of serving as a tool to counter terrorism, Guantanamo became a symbol that helped al Qaeda recruit terrorists to its cause.� Indeed, the existence of Guantanamo likely created more terrorists around the world than it ever detained.

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