Gitmo | featured news

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....

 

Obama restarts Guantanamo trials, with reservations

Obama restarts Guantanamo trials, with reservations

President Barack Obama lifted a two-year freeze on new military trials at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba and suggested on Monday Congress was hurting national security by blocking his attempts to move some trials into U.S. civilian courts.

 

Civilian Jury Clears Former Gitmo Detainee of All But One Charge

The first Guantanamo Bay detainee to face a civilian trial is convicted in New York City of only a lesser consipiracy charge in the deadly 1998 plot to bomb two U.S. embassies in Africa.

 

Obama Eyes Holding Gitmo Detainees Indefinitely

Obama Eyes Holding Gitmo Detainees Indefinitely

Stymied by Congress so far, the White House is considering issuing an executive order to indefinitely imprison a small number of Guantanamo Bay detainees considered too dangerous to prosecute or release, two administration officials said Friday.

 

Gitmo detainees no longer 'enemy combatants'

Gitmo detainees no longer 'enemy combatants'

In a dramatic break with the Bush administration, the Justice Department on Friday announced it is doing away with the designation of "enemy combatants," which allowed the United States to hold suspected terrorists at length without criminal charges.

 

Subscribe to this RSS topic: Syndicate content