Illinois Prison To Get Guantanamo Detainees

Peter Slevin, Washington Post
Tue, 12/15/2009 - 6:11am

Dozens of terrorism suspects will be moved to a little-used rural facility that will be acquired and upgraded by the federal government.

Sections: news u.s.

Widow of bombing suspect hires criminal lawyer
The widow of dead Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev has hired a criminal lawyer with experience defending terrorism cases as she continues to face questions from federal authorities. More
Guantanamo hunger strike renews debates over indefinite detention, ethics of force-feeding
Twice a day at the military detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, guards take a number of detainees from their cells, one at a time, to a camp clinic or a private room on their block. The detainees are offered a hot meal or a liquid nutritional supplement and, if they refuse, they are strapped into a chair. More
Gitmo closure elusive, Obama looks at other steps
President Barack Obama's vow to try again to close the Guantanamo Bay prison remains a tough sell in Congress.... More
Russia had elder Boston suspect under surveillance
Russian agents placed the elder Boston bombing suspect under surveillance during a six-month visit to southern Russia last year, then scrambled to find him when he suddenly disappeared after police killed a Canadian jihadist, a security official told The Associated Press.... More
Bombing suspects' mom also in terror database
Two government officials tell The Associated Press that U.S. intelligence agencies added the Boston bombing suspects' mother to a federal terrorism database about 18 months before the attack.... More

BING NEWS:

‘It’s like Guantanamo on an epic scale’
For more than five years, thousands of people with perceived connections to ISIS have been locked up in detention camps, prisons and rehabilitation centers across northeastern Syria. Women and ...
04/24/2024 - 10:38 am | View Link
'Serial' Reveals Surprising Details Inside Guantanamo Bay
The new season of "Serial" takes listeners behind the scenes of the controversial prison with previously unheard stories.
04/15/2024 - 7:22 am | View Link
Quaint and Obsolete: The Peril of Forgetting Guantánamo
Last weekend my father, Larry Greenberg, passed away at the age of 93. Several days later, I received an email from the French film director Phillippe Diaz who sent me a link to his ...
04/9/2024 - 5:30 am | View Link
More

Comment On This Story