The Guantanamo Files

Michael Calderone

Can The Wall Street Journal Replace WikiLeaks?

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 07.05.2011

Read More: New York Times Wikileaks, Afghanistan, The Guardian, Julian Assange Wikileaks, Bill Keller, Guantanamo, Julian Assange, New York Times, Iraq, The Guantanamo Files, The Guardian Wikileaks, The Backstory, Media News

NEW YORK -- The Wall Street Journal wasn’t on the receiving end of major WikiLeaks document dumps on Iraq, Afghanistan, the State Dept. and Guantana...

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Guantánamo Files Reveal Push For Post 9/11 Attacks

The New York Times | Posted 06.26.2011

Read More: 9/11, The Guantanamo Files, Saifullah Paracha, 9/11 Attacks, Terrorism, Guantanamo Detainees, US Terror Attacks, World News

WASHINGTON -- He peers out from the photo in the classified file through heavy-framed spectacles, an owlish face with a graying beard and a half-smile...

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Guantanamo Files Reveal Details On Nearly 800 Detainees

Posted 06.25.2011

Read More: Guantanamo, Guantanamo Files, The Guantanamo Files, Obama Guantanamo, Guantanamo Detainees, World News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A cache of classified U.S. military documents provides intelligence assessments on nearly all of the 779 people who been ...

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Al Jazeera Journo Held At Gitmo For Six Years So He Could Be Questioned About Network

The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 06.25.2011

Read More: Guantanamo, Al Jazeera Guantanamo, Sami Al Hajj, Al Jazeera, The Guantanamo Files, Sami Al-Haj, Guantanamo Detainees, Video, Media News

An Al Jazeera journalist was held at Guantanamo Bay for six years partially so he could be interrogated about the network, according to one of the fil...

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Judge Rules Yemeni's Detention at Guantanamo Based Solely on Torture

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jordan, CIA Secret Prisons, War on Terror, Guantanamo, Habeas Corpus, Sharqwi Abdu Ali Al-Haj, CIA Black Sites, Habeas Corpus Guantanamo, Dirty Thirty, Ali Hamza Al-Bahlul, Guantanamo Bay, Dark Prison, Mohammed Al-Qahtani, The Guantanamo Files, Afghanistan, Terrorism, Guantanamo Detainees, CIA Torture, Black Sites, Afghanistan War, Al Qaeda, Ibrahim Al-Qosi, Uthman Abdul Rahim Mohammed Uthman, Bagram, Human Rights Watch, Sanad Al-Kazimi, Torture, Tora Bora, Politics News
Andy Worthington

In granting Uthman Abdul Rahim Mohammed Uthman's habeas petition, Judge Kennedy called into question some of the government's evidence that the Yemeni man was detained legally.

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Who Are the Six Uighurs Released From Guantanamo to Palau?

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: War on Terror, Afghanistan, Palau, Terrorism, Judge Ricardo Urbina, Pakistan, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Obama Administration, Taliban, Barack Obama, Uighurs, Guantanamo Uighurs, Qala-I-Janghi Massacre, Northern Alliance, Xinjiang Province, Guantanamo Bay, The Guantanamo Files, China, World News
Andy Worthington

I am drawing together here the stories of six men who, nearly eight years after their wrongful and mistaken capture, are finally free from Guantánamo, even if an uncertain future awaits them.

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The Stories of the Two Somalis Freed From Guantanamo

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics News, Bagram, World, War on Terror, Terrorism, Pakistan, Somaliland, Guantanamo Detainees Released, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, Somalia, Ismail Mahmoud Muhammad, The Guantanamo Files, Mohammed Sulaymon Barre, World News, Al Qaeda, World News
Andy Worthington

The release of two more men yet again demonstrates how hysterical and unsubstantiated are Republican claims that Guantánamo is full of hardcore terrorists.

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"Model Prisoner" at Guantanamo, Tortured in the "Dark Prison," Loses Habeas Corpus Petition

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Geneva Conventions, Jordan, World, War on Terror, Terrorism, Pakistan, Ramzi Bin Al-Shibh, Guantanamo Detainees, Authorization for Use of Military Force, Guantanamo, Obama Administration, CIA Torture, Judge Ellen Huvelle, Judge Thomas Hogan, Hassan Bin Attash, World News, Osama Bin Laden, Habeas Corpus, Al Qaeda, Politics News, Enemy Combatants, Habeas Corpus Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, Dark Prison, The Guantanamo Files, Musa'ab Al-Madhwani, Extraordinary Rendition, Politics News
Andy Worthington

Al-Madhwani joins eight other prisoners in a legal netherworld, no longer regarded as "enemy combatants" by the administration, but still detained indefinitely as though they were.

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No Escape From Guantanamo: The Latest Habeas Rulings

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, War on Terror, Ghaleb Al-Bihani, 9/11 Anniversary, President Obama, Judge James Robertson, 9/11, Guantanamo, Alla Ali Bin Ali Ahmed, Taliban, Judge Ellen Huvelle, World News, Dick Cheney, Habeas Corpus, Politics News, Kandahar, Mohammed Al-Adahi, Habeas Corpus Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, Abdul Rahim Al-Ginco, The Guantanamo Files, Judge Gladys Kessler, Advocacy, Closing Guantanamo, World, Afghanistan, Terrorism, Pakistan, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo Task Force, Authorization for Use of Military Force, Salim Hamdan, Yemeni Detainees Guantanamo, US District Court, Kuwaiti Detainees Guantanamo, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, Bush Administration, Judge Richard Leon, Adham Mohammed Ali Awad, Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, Tora Bora, Al-Farouq, Cuba, Guantanamo Files, Politics News
Andy Worthington

Rulings made by District Court judges in the habeas corpus appeals of prisoners held at Guantánamo seemed to confirm that the courts were uniquely placed to deliver justice to the prisoners.

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Who Are the Two Syrians Released From Guantanamo to Portugal?

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: War on Terror, World, Afghanistan, Guantanamo Review Task Force, Farouq Saif, Muhammed Khan Tumani, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Fbi, Camp X-Ray, FBI Guantanamo, US Congress, Taliban, Justice Department, Barack Obama, World News, Al Qaeda, Politics News, Kandahar, Enemy Combatants, Abdul Nasir Al-Tumani, Moammar Dokhan, Combatant Status Review Tribunals, Portugal Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo Bay, Mohammed Al-Tumani, The Guantanamo Files, Portugal, Syria, Camp Delta, Closing Guantanamo, Politics News
Andy Worthington

Their stories, as revealed in publicly available documents from Guantánamo, reveal that neither man had any connection whatsoever to international terrorism.

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Bagram Isn't The New Guantanamo, It's The Old Guantanamo

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Geneva Conventions, Aclu, Military Tribunals, Department of Defense, World, War on Terror, Terrorism, President Obama, Guantanamo Detainees, Donald Rumsfeld, Guantanamo, Freedom of Information Act, International Justice Network, Boumediene v. Bush, Barack Obama, Judge John D. Bates, World News, Rendition, Habeas Corpus, Politics News, Bagram Detainees US Courts, Bagram, Bagram Detainees, Cia, Guantanamo Bay, Bagram Habeas Corpus, The Guantanamo Files, Judge Gladys Kessler, Obama Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Afghanistan War, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Politics News
Andy Worthington

From what I have been able to gather about the workings of Bagram, I have no reason to conclude that the prison is now being run according to the Geneva Conventions.

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Release of the "Holy Grail" of Torture Reports Delayed Again

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Aclu, Sere, Cia Inspector General Report, ACLU Accountability for Torture, War on Terror, Harsh Interrogations, Terrorism, President Obama, Abu Zubaydah, Fbi, CIA Torture, Justice Department, Barack Obama, Office of Legal Counsel, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Cia, Steven G. Bradbury, Breaking Politics News, Waterboarding, ACLU Torture, The Guantanamo Files, Cia Torture Memos, CIA Inspector General, Torture Memos, Torture, Politics News
Andy Worthington

Today was supposed to be the day that the Justice Department -- after two delays -- released an unclassified version of the CIA Inspector General's 2004 Report into the interrogations of "high-value detainees."

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Judge Orders Release from Guantanamo of Al-Qaeda Torture Victim

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, World, War on Terror, Terrorism, President Obama, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Alla Ali Bin Ali Ahmed, Taliban, US District Court, Justice Department, Abdul Rahim Janko, Barack Obama, Eric Holder, World News, Dick Cheney, Al Qaeda, Habeas Corpus, Politics News, Judge Richard Leon, Sami Al-Haj, Habeas Corpus Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, Seton Hall Law School, Abdul Rahim Al-Ginco, Adel Hamad, The Guantanamo Files, Judge Gladys Kessler, Syria, Torture, Advocacy, World News
Andy Worthington

In over three years of researching and reporting about the prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay, I learned that many of the men were "Mickey Mouse" prisoners, with no connection to terrorism whatsoever.

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Empty Evidence: The Stories of the Saudis Released From Guantanamo

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Khalid Saad Mohammed, War on Terror, Terrorism, Pakistan, Abu Zubaydah, President Obama, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Alla Ali Bin Ali Ahmed, Justice Department, US District Court, Boumediene v. Bush, Eric Holder, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, Habeas Corpus, Dick Cheney, Abdul Aziz Al-Noofayee, Politics News, Politics, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Saudi Arabia, Habeas Corpus Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, The Guantanamo Files, Judge Gladys Kessler, Advocacy, Closing Guantanamo, World, World News, Politics News
Andy Worthington

Khalid Saad Mohammed seized from a hospital in Pakistan and sold to the U.S. military. But the authorities in GITMO had never managed to build up a credible case against him.

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Forgotten: The Second Anniversary of a Guantanamo Suicide

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Yemen, World, War on Terror, Terrorism, President Obama, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Saudi Rehabilitation, Abdul Rahman Al-Amri, Taliban, Barack Obama, World News, Dick Cheney, Al Qaeda, Politics, Robert Gates, Saudi Arabia, Guantanamo Bay, Breaking Politics News, Guantanamo Suicides, The Guantanamo Files, Closing Guantanamo, World News
Andy Worthington

Today, unnoticed in the Western media (although I can't vouch for the Arabic world) is the second anniversary of the death at Guantánamo -- apparently by suicide -- of Abdul Rahman al-Amri.

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Judge Gladys Kessler Releases Yemeni Detainee, Slams "Mosaic" Of Guantanamo Intelligence And Unreliable Witnesses

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: US Supreme Court, Guantanamo Evidence, War on Terror, Terrorism, Pakistan, Abu Zubaydah, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Taliban, Alla Ali Bin Ali Ahmed, US District Court, Justice Department, Eric Holder, Al Qaeda, Habeas Corpus, Politics News, Politics, Bagram, Judge Richard Leon, Robert Gates, Obama Guantanamo, Mohammed El-Gharani, Jabran Al-Qahtani, Habeas Corpus Guantanamo, Mosaic Theory, Guantanamo Bay, Dark Prison, The Guantanamo Files, Judge Gladys Kessler, Torture, Faisalabad, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, World News
Andy Worthington

I am surprised that senior Obama officials seem to have been content to let a Bush-era approach to prosecution survive unchanged.

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Guantanamo Detainee Files Could Be Destroyed By Government

Pro Publica | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Guantanamo Detainees, Gitmo Interrogations, Guantanamo, Obama Administration, Obama Gitmo, Gitmo, Bush Administration, Obama Guantanamo, Guantanamo Torture, Guantanamo Bay, Detainee Files, The Guantanamo Files, Gitmo Detainees, Gitmo Files, Gitmo Detainee Files, World News

A stockpile of documents about hundreds of Guantanamo Bay detainees, some authored by the prisoners themselves, could be destroyed under a little-know...

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Chaos and Lies: Why Obama Was Right To Halt The Guantanamo Trials

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: CIA Secret Prisons, Col. Stephen Henley, Terrorism, Ramzi Bin Al-Shibh, President Obama, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Omar Khadr, Canada, Barack Obama, Military Commissions, Dick Cheney, Politics, Khalid El-Masri, Lt. Cmdr. William Kuebler, Bush Administration Torture, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Bagram, Mohammed El-Gharani, Laid Saidi, Maher Arar, Marwan Jabour, Lt. Col. Stephen Abraham, The Guantanamo Files, President Bush, Syria, Fbi, Extraordinary Rendition, Closing Guantanamo, Torture, World News
Andy Worthington

In one of his first acts as president, Obama ordered prosecutors in Guantanamo's Military Commission trials to ask for a four-month stay on all proceedings.

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Judge Orders Release of Guantanamo's Forgotten Child

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Belkacem Bensayah, Al-Qaeda, Terrorism, Pakistan, Chad, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Children in Guantanamo, Barack Obama, Habeas Corpus, Politics, Judge Richard Leon, Enemy Combatants, Mohammed El-Gharani, Saudi Arabia, Guantanamo Torture, Clive Stafford Smith, Hisham Sliti, Muaz Al-Alawi, Lt. Col. Stephen Abraham, The Guantanamo Files, Closing Guantanamo, Gitmo, World News
Andy Worthington

Just two weeks ago, in a habeas corpus case in a Washington D.C. court, Judge Richard Leon turned the clock back to January 11, 2002 (the day Guantán...

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Seven Years of Guantanamo, Seven Years of Torture and Lies

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Bush, Geneva Conventions, Al-Qaeda, Terrorism, Guantanamo Detainees, Maj. Gen. Michael Dunlavey, Donald Rumsfeld, Guantanamo, David Addington, Taliban, Salim Hamdan, Barack Obama, Military Commissions, Dick Cheney, Osama Bin Laden, Bush Administration Torture, Guantanamo Hunger Strike, Obama Transition, Closing Guantanamo, Torture, The Guantanamo Files, World News
Andy Worthington

Seven years later, it should be abundantly clear that none of the defenders of Guantanamo who indulged in hysterical rhetoric had any idea what they were talking about.

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The Dying Days of the Guantanamo Trials

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mohamed Jawad, Al-Qaeda, Col. Stephen Henley, David Hicks, Guantanamo, Taliban, Omar Khadr, Dick Cheney, Lt. Cmdr. William Kuebler, Tarek El-Sawah, Ali Hamza Al-Bahlul, Col. James Pohl, The Guantanamo Files, Closing Guantanamo, Abdul Ghani, Ahmed Al-Darbi, Afghanistan, Abdul Rahim Al-Nashiri, Terrorism, Guantanamo Detainees, CIA Torture, Susan Crawford, David Addington, Salim Hamdan, Noor Uthman Muhammed, Barack Obama, Military Commissions, Osama Bin Laden, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Lt. Col. Darrel Vandeveld, Brig. Gen. Thomas Hartmann, Torture, Politics, World News
Andy Worthington

The Military Commissions to try Guantanamo detainees have rarely grabbed the media attention that a novel, flagship program to try "terror suspects" should have attracted.

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How Guantanamo Can Be Closed: More Advice for Barack Obama

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Syria, Mohamed Jawad, US Supreme Court, Yemen, Tunisia, Terrorism, Judge Ricardo Urbina, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Salim Hamdan, Uzbekistan, Military Commissions Act, Omar Khadr, Uighurs, Barack Obama, Habeas Corpus, Military Commissions, Guantanamo Uighurs, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Enemy Combatants, Obama Guantanamo, Albania, Ali Hamza Al-Bahlul, Libya, Huzaifa Parhat, President Bush, The Guantanamo Files, Iraq, China, Closing Guantanamo, Politics News
Andy Worthington

Several prominent human rights and legal organizations launched a campaign in Berlin on November 10, aimed at persuading European countries to accept cleared prisoners from Guant�namo.

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Why Guantanamo Must Be Closed: Advice for Barack Obama

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Geneva Conventions, US Supreme Court, Kandahar, Abdul Hamid Al-Ghizzawi, War on Terror, Terrorism, Unitary Executive Theory, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Donald Rumsfeld, David Addington, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, Guantanamo Uighurs, Abdul Razzaq Hekmati, Enemy Combatants, Bagram, Combatant Status Review Tribunals, New York Times, Lt. Col. Stephen Abraham, The Guantanamo Files, Closing Guantanamo, Politics News
Andy Worthington

In an attempt to separate fact from fiction, I'd like to offer my advice, based on the three years I have spent studying Guantanamo in unprecedented detail.

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Two 50 Year Olds Are Released From Guantanamo

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Algeria, Sudan, Sami Al-Haj, Terrorism, Pakistan, Mustafa Ibrahim Al-Hassan, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Adel Hamad, The Guantanamo Files, Mammar Ameur, Politics News
Andy Worthington

Like at least 120 other prisoners seized in Pakistan, their long imprisonment never had anything to do with al-Qaeda or the war in Afghanistan.

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Guantanamo trials: another insignificant Afghan charged

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: US Supreme Court, Terrorism, Col. Morris Davis, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Salim Hamdan, The Guantanamo Files, Bostan Karim, Military Commissions, Obaidullah, Politics News
Andy Worthington

The Military Commissions at Guantánamo -- the trial system for "War on Terror" prisoners that was established in the wake of the 9/11 attacks -- are ...

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