Barack Obama Guantanamo

Obama Team Clears 75 At Guantanamo For Release

Reuters | Jane Sutton | Posted 11.28.2009 | Politics


MIAMI (Reuters) - An Obama administration task force has so far cleared 75 of the remaining 223 Guantanamo prisoners for release as part of its effort...

Obama's Cabinet-Level 'Guantanamo Task Force' Holds First Meeting

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 04.09.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Top officials of the Obama administration met privately Monday to discuss how to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. Attor...

Good Riddance Gitmo!

Patricia DeGennaro | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics


Patricia DeGennaro

Stuff? Is that what waterboarding is? Just stuff? How about putting hoods over people's heads and making them pile on each other naked like they did at Abu Ghraib? Is that also just stuff?

Which EU States Will Offer Home To Ex-Gitmo Inmates?

AP | SHAWN POGATCHNIK | Posted 02.23.2009 | World


DUBLIN, Ireland — Across Europe, President Barack Obama's decision to shut the Guantanamo Bay prison has raised an awkward question: Which EU st...

Last(ing) Days of Indignity..?

Ross Tuttle | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics


Ross Tuttle

The Pentagon reports that 42 GTMO detainees are on a hunger strike. Human rights lawyers estimate the total is closer to 70, roughly 30% of those remaining in this netherworld prison.

Obama Plans Guantanamo Close, US Trials

AP | MATT APUZZO and LARA JAKES JORDAN | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics


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