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High-Level Terror Suspects Held in Limbo

Over the past three years, the U.S. has held dozens of suspected terrorists off the books, in a legal no-man's-land: Detainees have been treated in ways that mean they can't be prosecuted, begging the question of what happens to them now.

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Mary Louise Kelly is a co-host of All Things Considered, NPR's award-winning afternoon newsmagazine.