Guantanamo Bay Detainees

U.S. May Release Taliban Prisoners From Gitmo

AP | By ANNE GEARAN and KIMBERLY DOZIER | Posted 01.31.2012

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WASHINGTON -- U.S. intelligence officials acknowledged Tuesday that the United States may release several Afghan Taliban prisoners from the military p...

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Torture in Guantánamo: Mohammed Al Qahtani

Philippe Sands | Posted 03.11.2012

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This month sees the tenth anniversary of Guantánamo as we have come to know it, and the U.S. Government is still trying to restrict access to the island prison camp from the public.

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Ex-Gitmo Prosecutor Suing Library Of Congress Over Op-Eds Firing

AP | By NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 01.10.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The former chief military prosecutor at Guantanamo Bay is suing the Library of Congress for firing him after he wrote opinion columns in...

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Issue Of Closing Guantanamo Is Far From Settled

AP | DONNA CASSATA | Posted 12.05.2011

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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has tracked down and killed Osama bin Laden, Anwar al-Awlaki and other al-Qaida leaders. Yet, in spite of ...

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Supreme Court Turns Down Guantanamo Detainees' Appeal

AP | Posted 07.23.2011

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has turned down an appeal from Guantanamo detainees who fear they may be tortured or jailed if they are released ...

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Supreme Court Won't Revive Torture Lawsuit

AP | Posted 07.16.2011

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday refused to revive a lawsuit challenging a controversial post-Sept. 11 CIA program that flew terrorism s...

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No U.S. Trial For Guantanamo Detainees, Says House

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — In a setback for President Barack Obama, Democrats still controlling the House have approved legislation to prevent Khalid Sheikh Moham...

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Obama Administration Preparing Order For Indefinite Detention Of Some Guantanamo Detainees

Posted 05.25.2011

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ProPublica's Dafna Linzer reports: The White House is preparing an Executive Order on indefini...

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Some Guantanamo Bay Detainees Returned To Engaging In Terrorist Activity Following Release: Report

Politics Daily | Tom Diemer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Of the 66 Guantanamo Bay detainees freed in the two years since President Obama took office, a handful are suspected of going back to their terrorist ...

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Memo Confirms 'Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading' Treatment Of Guantanamo Detainees

AP | JILL LAWLESS | Posted 05.25.2011

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LONDON — Britain was forced by an appeals court Wednesday to reveal a long-secret description of how a former terrorism suspect was beaten, shac...

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Illinois State Prison Emerges As Likely Transfer Location For Gitmo Detainees

AP | HENRY C. JACKSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — A draft memo leaked to a conservative Web site is an encouraging sign the government intends to transfer Guantanamo terrorist suspe...

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U.S. Officials: Gitmo Detainees Will Go To Thomson, Illinois

chicagotribune.com | Christi Parsons | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama has directed the federal government to buy the near-empty state prison in rural Thomson, Ill., to house federal i...

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Rummie's Gift to Obama

William Fisher | Posted 05.25.2011

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Back in 2002, our rock star Rumsfeld famously referred to Guantanamo prisoners as "the worst of the worst." The press loved it. Rummie must have loved the line too, because he kept using it.

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Another Big Test for Obama

William Fisher | Posted 05.25.2011

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On the heels of a bipartisan Congressional report blaming high-level officials of the Bush Administration for employing harsh interrogation techniques...

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Washington Post: Leaked Documents Say US Taped Guantanamo Interrogations

Washington Post | Josh White | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Bush administration informed all foreign intelligence and law enforcement teams visiting their citizens held at Guantanamo Bay that video and soun...

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