A new warden comes to Guantánamo and decides to make some changes. A prison’s a prison, he thinks. How hard could this be?
Previously on Cereal.
They show me, like they are here to help us.
Ah, yeah.
So they also get some snack type items based on, based on their compliance status.
We need to gather information.
These are the people that we need to get it from.
They would talk.
They would be like, why am I still here?
Can you send me home?
We don't know what's gonna happen.
It's like there's no, no, no foreseeable outcome.
There's no like, how long am I gonna stay in this prison?
From serial productions in the New York Times, this is serial.
Season four Guantanamo one prison camp told week by week.
I'm Sarah Koenig.
Mike Baumgartner was on a plane on the tarmac waiting to take off when his BlackBerry buzzed.
He wanted to ignore it, but then he saw it was his boss, a general.
When the general calls, you generally answer.
He scooted to the back of the plane.
So I'm hiding back there from a BlackBerry and talking to the general.