Detainees

A Gitmo Christmas Carol: Say 'Bah Humbug' to Cheney (Video)

Danielle Celena Belton | Posted 12.18.2009 | Politics


Danielle Celena Belton

New Security Action released this video over the holidays as part of a concerted effort to call for the closing of the prison at Guantanamo Bay. Here are some facts about the prison at Guantanamo Bay:

Thomson Correctional Center To House Some Guantanamo Detainees: White House

AP | HENRY C. JACKSON | Posted 12.15.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Taking an important step on the thorny path to closing the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay Cuba, the White House plans to...

Thomson Prison Will Likely Be Next Stop For Gitmo Detainees, Says Obama Administration

Washington Post | Peter Slevin and Peter Finn | Posted 12.06.2009 | Chicago


CHICAGO -- Despite opposition from congressional Republicans, the Obama administration is signaling that a state prison in rural Thomson, Ill., will p...

Phil Carter Resigns: Key Pentagon Appointee Worked On Gitmo Detainee Issues

Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics


Phillip Carter, the top detainee affairs policy appointee at the Pentagon, has quit his post after just seven months on the job, a Defense Department ...

The New Bagram: Has Anything Changed?

Jonathan Horowitz | Posted 11.20.2009 | World


Jonathan Horowitz

Having toured it, I give the new Bagram detention facility a "vastly improved" grade compared to what it was before. But, that being said, U.S. detention policy still has a long way to go.

Conservatives Terrified of Bringing Terrorists to Justice

Adam Blickstein | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics


Adam Blickstein

As the Obama administration develops a comprehensive strategy to bring terrorists to justice, conservatives continue to politicize and fearmonger this critical national security issue.

Detainees Moved to DMV; Could Be Held There 'Indefinitely'

Andy Borowitz | Posted 11.17.2009 | Comedy


Andy Borowitz

While Eric Holder did not indicate how long the detainees might be held at the DMV, he did say that the DMV "is capable of detaining them indefinitely."

Beyond Guantanamo

Ginny Sloan | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics


Ginny Sloan

The Declaration represents the largest collection of policy experts yet to lend their voices to a responsible plan to process the cases of suspected terrorist detainees held at the Guantanamo detention facility.

Men Wrongly Detained After 9/11 Get $1.26M From Government

AP | DEEPTI HAJELA | Posted 11.03.2009 | New York


NEW YORK — Five immigrant men who were detained in roundups in New York and eventually deported following the Sept. 11 attacks have reached a $1...

The 'Bright Line Rule': New Papers Detail FBI, CIA Wrangle Over Torture

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT and PAMELA HESS | Posted 10.31.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Newly released documents show the FBI interviewed a naked, chained terror suspect back in 2002 as the bureau struggled with the CIA ove...

Admiral: I Can Empty Guantánamo Camps In 10 Days

The Miami Herald | Carol Rosenberg | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics


GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba -- The military can comply with a White House order to empty the detention center and clear all 221 war-on-terror capti...

Congress To Keep Detainee Abuse Photos Hidden

AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 10.10.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Congress is set to allow the Pentagon to keep new pictures of foreign detainees abused by their U.S. captors from the public, a mov...

Terry Holdbrooks: Guantanamo Bay Prison Guard Converted To Islam; Detainee Was Mentor

The Guardian | Sarfraz Manzoor | Posted 10.06.2009 | World


Terry Holdbrooks arrived at Guant�namo detention camp in the summer of 2003 as a godless 19-year-old with a love of drinking, hard rock music and ta...

Hardin Jail Deal Delayed Over Controversy With Mysterious Company

AP | MATTHEW BROWN | Posted 10.06.2009 | Home


HARDIN, Mont. — Plans for a California company to take over this city's empty jail were put on hold Monday, following last week's revelations th...

American Police Force And Hardin: Mysterious Security Firm Gets Control Of Empty Montana Jail

TPMMuckraker | Justin Elliott | Posted 11.30.2009 | Home


A shadowy private security company that has no known clients but claims to have helped foreign governments combat terrorism and will protect anything ...

Uighur Brothers: Detainee Declines Offer To Leave Guantanamo Out Of Loyalty To Ailing Brother (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.27.2009 | World


After eight years of detention, at least one Guantanamo Bay detainee declined an offer to resettle to the Pacific Island of Palau, according to The Wa...

This Week In Magazines: Obama The "Self-Entangling Giant"

James Warren | Posted 11.27.2009 | Media


James Warren

No matter how much he might disdain the W. presidency, especially when it came to misuse of executive branch power, Barack Obama may be a "self-entangling giant" who is going down the same perilous path.

3 Guantanamo Bay Prisoners Transferred To Ireland, Yemen

AP | Posted 11.26.2009 | World


WASHINGTON — With the closing of the Guantanamo Bay prison by a January deadline in doubt, the Justice Department Saturday announced the transfe...

Political Trials and Crimes Against Reality

Robert Amsterdam | Posted 11.09.2009 | World


Robert Amsterdam

It's a crime against reality for us to carry on pretending that countries like Kazakhstan can hold fair trials.

Mohammed Khan Tumani Identifieb By U.S. As Guantanamo Detainee Released To Portugal

AP | Posted 10.16.2009 | World


SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A Guantanamo inmate who said the prison's harsh conditions drove him to attempt suicide has been sent to Portugal, the U...

"We're Going to Kill Your Children": The CIA Inspector General's Report

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics


Joseph A. Palermo

A.G. Holder's appointment of John Durham to investigate this sordid episode should be only the first step in a wholesale reevaluation of American national security priorities in the post-9-11 world.

CIA Conducted Mock Executions, Reveals New Report

Newsweek | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics


A long-suppressed report by the Central Intelligence Agency's inspector general to be released next week reveals that CIA interrogators staged mock ex...

My 4 Days At Gitmo (SLIDESHOW)

Tomek Gross | Posted 08.31.2009 | World


Tomek Gross

When asked about rates of depression, mental problems, and suicide among the detainee population, the chief psychiatrist reminds us that we all suffer from anxieties and stresses.

Despite Leeway, Government Faring Poorly In Gitmo Suits

ProPublica | Posted 08.23.2009 | Politics


As the Obama administration and Congress try to forge a legal framework for detaining suspected terrorists, they might want to take a close look at wh...

U.S. May Not Release Acquitted Detainees

Wall Street Journal | JESS BRAVIN | Posted 08.07.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration said Tuesday it may continue to imprison non-U.S. citizens indefinitely even if they have been acquitted of ter...