For Ron DeSantis, freedom means not having to discuss Guantanamo in new book

By Dan Christensen, FloridaBulldog.org

In his new book, Gov. Ron DeSantis had the opportunity to discuss his record as a U.S. Navy JAG officer in Guantanamo, where a former detainee has accused him of involvement in illegal acts of torture amid a crackdown on hunger strikers in 2006.

Yet he chose to remain largely silent. DeSantis recounts nothing of his personal experiences during the 11 months he spent there. The word Guantanamo appears just twice in “The Courage to be Free,” DeSantis’s 254-page memoir/political tract released last week.

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