If you're going to speculate a figure, then yes, it could've cost $40 million. Taking everything into account, the $20 million the plaintiff was asking for was probably a shoe-in. Fortunately, the plaintiff and the state were able to agree to half that amount.

I commend both parties for finding a middle ground. By any reasonable standard, Mr. Khadr has fully paid his debt to society. Now society has paid its debt to him for egregiously abusing his rights along the way.