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  1. politics
    Biden Administration Transfers Its First Guantánamo DetaineeResuming 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
  2. fuzzy math
    Trump Wants Everyone to Think Obama’s Guantánamo Policy Was a Dangerous DisasterDespite repeated claims otherwise, the available evidence suggests George W. Bush’s release policy led to more reengagement than Obama’s.
    By Jesse Singal
  3. crimes and misdemeanors
    Obama Intends to Transfer 17 or 18 Guantánamo Detainees Before Leaving OfficeThe president also announced he’s pardoning another 78 people, and commuting 153 convicts’ sentences.
    By Charley Lanyon
  4. Obama Approves His Largest Release of Guantánamo Prisoners EverAfter 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
  5. guantanamo bay
    U.S. Releases 9 More Guantanamo DetaineesEighty detainees now remain, the lowest population at the facility in 14 years. 
    By Chas Danner
  6. guantanamo bay
    There Are Now Fewer Than 100 Prisoners at GitmoTen men were transferred to Oman on Thursday.
    By Samuel Lieberman
  7. oops
    Guantanamo Inmate Held for 13 Years in Case of Mistaken Identity, Says PentagonHe expressed no desire for the future other than to get married.
    By Ben Ellman
  8. guantanamo bay
    Obama Wants to Close Guantanamo, But Not If It Costs Half a Billion DollarsPentagon officials were sent back to the drawing board.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  9. early and often
    Obama Wishes He Would Have Closed Guantanamo on Day OneThat’s what he’d change if he could do it over again.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  10. early and often
    Next Battle Between Obama and Congress May Focus on Guantánamo BayThe president plans to make an aggressive push to transfer more detainees.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  11. gitmo
    4 More Guantánamo Bay Prisoners Released They were sent back to Afghanistan.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  12. international affairs
    United States Sends 6 Guantánamo Bay Detainees to UruguayOnly 136 left to go.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  13. cia
    CIA Turned Guantánamo Prisoners Into SpiesWell, this is an interesting program. 
    By Dan Amira
  14. guantanamo bay
    Guantánamo Bay Hunger Strike May Be Winding DownOr the government may be distorting the facts.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  15. guantanamo bay
    Judge Puts an End to Rampant Guantánamo Groin SearchesThat discouraged detainees from meeting with lawyers.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  16. party chat
    Judah Friedlander’s Plan for Guantanamo Bay“I say close Guantanamo, open the Bay.”
    By Jennifer Vineyard
  17. international affairs
    Obama Plans to Shut Down Guantánamo, for Real This TimeHe’ll restart the transfer of detainees to Yemen.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  18. international affairs
    Obama Promises to Try Closing Guantánamo Again“This is a lingering problem that is not going to get better.”
    By Joe Coscarelli
  19. ink-stained wretches
    New York Times Paid $150 for Guantánamo Bay Hunger Strike Op-EdIt will be sent to his family in Yemen through the prisoner’s lawyers.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  20. international affairs
    What It’s Like to Be Force-Fed at Guantánamo BayA prisoner wrote a devastating op-ed, dictated over the phone.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  21. guantanamo bay
    Hunger-Striking Guantanamo Bay Detainees Used Batons to Fight GuardsThings are not going well at Gitmo.
    By Adam Martin
  22. bad ideas
    Guantanamo-Themed Coachella Party Offers ‘Pleasurable Torture’ [Updated]Start your outrage engines.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  23. guantanamo bay
    It Will Now Cost $17,000 to Fly Privately to GuantánamoThe Navy ends commercial service to the base.
    By Adam Martin
  24. interview
    The Miami Herald’s Carol Rosenberg on How to Report From Guantanamo BayShe’s been covering it since the first detainee arrived in 2002.
    By Petra Bartosiewicz
  25. gitmo-rality
    Imprisoned Former Bin Laden Translator Says LeBron James Is ‘Very Bad Man’“He should apologise … “
    By Brett Smiley
  26. terroble
    Why Guantánamo Bay Prisoners Love The Fresh Prince of Bel-AirOur theory. 
    By Dan Amira
  27. driving mr crazy
    Bin Laden Driver–Utility Man Freed After Decade-Plus at GuantánamoHe pleaded guilty in 2010 to charges of conspiracy and supporting terrorism.
    By Brett Smiley
  28. guantanamo bay
    180 Sleepless Hours Broke Khalid Sheikh MohammedA CIA official speaks up about the Al Qaeda chief’s interrogation.
    By Andre Tartar
  29. guantanamo bay
    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
  30. trials
    Families of Victims Can Watch Accused 9/11 Plotters’ ArraignmentLive from Guantanamo Bay.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  31. trials
    Accused 9/11 Plotters Have a Date With Guantánamo TribunalKhalid Sheikh Mohammed and his four alleged co-conspirators are finally being arraigned.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  32. terrorble
    Leaked Gitmo Docs Show Al Qaeda Operatives Plotted to Cut Cables on the Brooklyn BridgeThey never acted on it.
    By Nitasha Tiku
  33. guantanamo bay
    Prosecutors Seek the Death Penalty for Suspected USS Cole BomberThe military claims Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri led Al Qaeda operations.
    By Julie Gerstein
  34. guantanamo bay
    Guantánamo Bay Tribunals to ResumeAnd we’re back!
    By Julie Gerstein
  35. guantanamo bay
    U.S. to Lift Ban on Guantánamo TrialsAfter more than two years, Guantánamo trials are expected to begin soon.
    By Julie Gerstein
  36. guantanamo
    Closing Guantanamo About to Get TougherObama’s plan to close Guantanamo is in worse shape than before.
    By Bryan Hood
  37. guantanamo
    Can Obama’s Executive Order on Guantánamo Stand Up Against Congress?One too many “indefinitelys.”
    By Nitasha Tiku
  38. terror trials
    Bin Laden’s Former Cook, Bodyguard Admits to CrimesHe’ll face August 9 hearing at Guantánamo Bay.
    By Josh Duboff
  39. terror trials
    White House Nearing Compromise on Detainee TrialsEric Holder is being left out of this one.
    By Chris Rovzar
  40. rahmbo
    The Washington Post Still Thinks Rahm Emanuel Is Doing GreatThe paper has been tirelessly defending Obama’s chief of staff for weeks now.
    By Dan Amira
  41. terror trials
    Convicted Lady Al Qaeda: Chillingly Calm and Collected, When She Wants to BeThroughout her trial, Aafia Siddiqui seemed out of control and even crazy — until she took the stand.
    By Jillian Goodman
  42. terrorism
    50 Prisoners to Remain at GuantánamoForty more will be tried, and the remaining 110 will be sent home or to foreign countries.
    By Chris Rovzar
  43. terror plots
    Maybe Curing Terrorists With ‘Art Therapy’ Isn’t Such a Good IdeaWho would have thunk it?
    By Adam K. Raymond
  44. today in terror
    9/11 Families Divided About NYC Terror Trials9/11 families react to the news of a downtown Manhattan civilian trial for alleged plotters.
    By Lindsay Robertson
  45. today in terror
    Five Gitmo Detainees, Including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, to Be Tried in New YorkThey’ll be tried in civilian court.
    By Chris Rovzar
  46. coiffure
    Greg Craig Stepping Down As White House CounselBut he’s still got great hair.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  47. early and often
    Judge Orders Guantánamo Detainee Freed, Citing Obama’s New PoliciesMohammed Jawad will be free in 22 days, unless the DOJ presses charges here in the U.S.
    By Chris Rovzar
  48. Gitmo Detainee to Hang Around NYC for More Than a YearHear that, Midwest? Are we complaining?
    By Chris Rovzar
  49. First Guantánamo Detainee to Be Tried in New York, Pleads Not GuiltyAhmed Khalfan Ghailani could face the death penalty over his work with Al Qaeda.
    By Chris Rovzar
  50. unnecessary debates
    Should We Turn Governors Island Into the New Guantánamo?What’s not to like?
    By Dan Amira
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