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Biden Administration Transfers Its First Guantánamo Detainee Resuming an Obama-era policy, the Pentagon repatriated a Moroccan man who had been held without charges at the notorious facility since 2002.
By Nia Prater
movie review
Feb. 19, 2021
Great Performances and a Stunning Ending Can’t Quite Save The Mauritanian Jodie Foster, Tahar Rahim, and Benedict Cumberbatch all do good work in this real-life legal drama, but the movie falls flat.
By Bilge Ebiri
Trump Wants Everyone to Think Obama’s Guantánamo Policy Was a Dangerous Disaster Despite repeated claims otherwise, the available evidence suggests George W. Bush’s release policy led to more reengagement than Obama’s.
By Jesse Singal
crimes and misdemeanors
Dec. 20, 2016
Obama Intends to Transfer 17 or 18 Guantánamo Detainees Before Leaving Office The president also announced he’s pardoning another 78 people, and commuting 153 convicts’ sentences.
By Charley Lanyon
Obama Approves His Largest Release of Guantánamo Prisoners Ever After being held without charges for years, 15 of America’s detainees at Guantánamo Bay were transferred to the United Arab Emirates on Monday.
By Eric Levitz
guantanamo bay
Apr. 16, 2016
U.S. Releases 9 More Guantanamo Detainees Eighty detainees now remain, the lowest population at the facility in 14 years.
By Chas Danner
guantanamo bay
Jan. 14, 2016
By Samuel Lieberman
guantanamo bay
Dec. 2, 2015
By Margaret Hartmann
early and often
Mar. 18, 2015
By Margaret Hartmann
early and often
Dec. 22, 2014
Next Battle Between Obama and Congress May Focus on Guantánamo Bay The president plans to make an aggressive push to transfer more detainees.
By Margaret Hartmann
international affairs
Dec. 7, 2014
By Caroline Bankoff
Q&A: Occupy’s ‘Greatest Artist’ Writes Her Memoirs Molly Crabapple talks to the Cut about drawing smiley faces in Gitmo and waging class warfare in nightclubs.
By Jill Filipovic
guantanamo bay
July 15, 2013
By Margaret Hartmann
guantanamo bay
July 12, 2013
By Margaret Hartmann
international affairs
May 23, 2013
By Margaret Hartmann
international affairs
Apr. 30, 2013
Obama Promises to Try Closing Guantánamo Again “This is a lingering problem that is not going to get better.”
By Joe Coscarelli
ink-stained wretches
Apr. 15, 2013
New York Times Paid $150 for Guantánamo Bay Hunger Strike Op-Ed It will be sent to his family in Yemen through the prisoner’s lawyers.
By Joe Coscarelli
international affairs
Apr. 15, 2013
What It’s Like to Be Force-Fed at Guantánamo Bay A prisoner wrote a devastating op-ed, dictated over the phone.
By Joe Coscarelli
guantanamo bay
Apr. 14, 2013
By Adam Martin
guantanamo bay
Mar. 18, 2013
By Adam Martin
gitmo-rality
Aug. 16, 2012
By Brett Smiley
driving mr crazy
July 11, 2012
Bin Laden Driver–Utility Man Freed After Decade-Plus at Guantánamo He pleaded guilty in 2010 to charges of conspiracy and supporting terrorism.
By Brett Smiley
guantanamo bay
May 6, 2012
180 Sleepless Hours Broke Khalid Sheikh Mohammed A CIA official speaks up about the Al Qaeda chief’s interrogation.
By Andre Tartar
guantanamo bay
May 5, 2012
Accused 9/11 Plotters Did Not Cooperate at Their Arraignment The trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other men got off to a rocky start.
By Caroline Bankoff
Accused 9/11 Plotters Have a Date With Guantánamo Tribunal Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his four alleged co-conspirators are finally being arraigned.
By Joe Coscarelli
guantanamo bay
Apr. 20, 2011
Prosecutors Seek the Death Penalty for Suspected USS Cole Bomber The military claims Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri led Al Qaeda operations.
By Julie Gerstein
guantanamo bay
Mar. 7, 2011
By Julie Gerstein
guantanamo bay
Jan. 20, 2011
U.S. to Lift Ban on Guantánamo Trials After more than two years, Guantánamo trials are expected to begin soon.
By Julie Gerstein
Closing Guantanamo About to Get Tougher Obama’s plan to close Guantanamo is in worse shape than before.
By Bryan Hood
terror trials
July 7, 2010
By Josh Duboff
terror trials
Mar. 19, 2010
By Chris Rovzar
The Washington Post Still Thinks Rahm Emanuel Is Doing Great The paper has been tirelessly defending Obama’s chief of staff for weeks now.
By Dan Amira
terror trials
Feb. 3, 2010
Convicted Lady Al Qaeda: Chillingly Calm and Collected, When She Wants to Be Throughout her trial, Aafia Siddiqui seemed out of control and even crazy — until she took the stand.
By Jillian Goodman
50 Prisoners to Remain at Guantánamo Forty more will be tried, and the remaining 110 will be sent home or to foreign countries.
By Chris Rovzar
terror plots
Dec. 28, 2009
By Adam K. Raymond
today in terror
Nov. 14, 2009
9/11 Families Divided About NYC Terror Trials 9/11 families react to the news of a downtown Manhattan civilian trial for alleged plotters.
By Lindsay Robertson
today in terror
Nov. 13, 2009
By Chris Rovzar
R.E.M.: Torture? A bunch of famous musicians have filed a FOIA request seeking info on whether their songs were used as tools of torture at Guantánamo Bay.
By Lane Brown
early and often
July 30, 2009
Judge Orders Guantánamo Detainee Freed, Citing Obama’s New Policies Mohammed Jawad will be free in 22 days, unless the DOJ presses charges here in the U.S.
By Chris Rovzar
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