Guantanamo interrogation made public
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A video-taped interrogation of a Canadian-born terrorism suspect at Guantanamo Bay has been made public for the first time.
Lawyers for Omar Khadr released the excerpts to try to pressure the Canadian government to have Khadr transferred to Canadian custody.
Our reporter in Toronto, Dan Karpenchuk, reports Khadr is the last westerner under detention at Guanatanamo Bay, after all the others have been repatriated.
In May, Canada's supreme court ruled his defense lawyers have a constitutional right to any information held by the Canadian government dealing with Khadr.
The DVDs contain seven hours of questioning by Canadian agents who travelled to the prison in 2003.
In the footage, Khadr is grilled about the events leading to his capture, and at times he breaks down and sobs during the interrogation.
His lawyers say the video dispels any myths that Khadr was humanely treated while at Guantanamo.
Khadr is accused of killing a US soldier in Afghanistan in 2002.
He was 15 years old at the time.
Canada's prime minister, Stephen Harper, reaffirmed an earlier decision not to request Khadr's return to Canada.
