Gitmo Dispute May Stall War Funding Request | Opponents of closure may hold up funding wars
Gitmo Dispute May Stall War Funding Request
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Gitmo Detainee Calls TV Station, Tells of Abuse
Gitmo Detainee Calls TV Station | Tells of beatings, tear gas
US to Release Gitmo-Held Aid Worker
US to Release Gitmo-Held Aid Worker | Yemeni surgeon has been held 7 years without charges
Former State Dept Official: Many at Gitmo Are Innocent
Lawrence B. Wilkerson, the former chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell, admitted today that of the approximately 800 detainees held at Guantanamo Bay since the controversial detention center opened, only "two dozen or so" were actually terrorists....
Obama Administration Abandons Enemy Combatant Label, Invents New Rationale
A memorandum filed by the Justice Department today reveals that the Obama Administration is abandoning the "enemy combatant" label for detainees at Guantanamo Bay, while maintaining that they can continue to hold them on the basis of executive authority. Obama is...
Officials: Top Taliban Leader Was at Gitmo
Mullah Abdullah Zakir is the Taliban leader in charge of operations in southern Afghanistan, the central front in the growing nationwide insurgency. But anonymous officials told the Associated Press today that the Mullah has a very interesting backstory. He got his...
Gitmo Judge Dismisses Obama Call for Trial Delays, Citing ‘Public Interest’
Shortly after his inauguration, President Obama signed an executive order calling for a 120 day halt to all legal proceedings at Guantanamo Bay while they conduct a review... a first step in the long effort to close the detention facility. But the top military judge...
The Guantánamo Challenge
Even if President Obama's order to close the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay will have at best a superficial effect on America's detention program, the news of its eventual closure was greeted by a worldwide expression of relief. In another year, one of America's most...
Gitmo: The Facility Will (Eventually) Close, But the Detentions Will Continue
Updated 1/22/09 12:00 PM EST A newly drafted executive order signed by President Barack Obama will fulfill a campaign promise to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay. The order will require the facility to close within a year. The facility where detainees were...
Obama Drafts Order to Close Gitmo
President Obama will reportedly sign a new executive order calling for the detention center at Guantanamo Bay to be closed within a year, and will also halt the war crimes trials in the meantime. It remains unclear when he will sign the draft, however. The draft says...
