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Guantanamo

Feb. 22, 2016

Pentagon Has Plan to Close Gitmo; Congress Probably Still Won’t Go for ItThe Department of Defense is reportedly giving the proposal to Congress Tuesday, but it would require bringing some detainees to U.S. soil.

By Jen Kirby
international affairs Nov. 16, 2015

5 Guantánamo Detainees Transferred to United Arab EmiratesThe prisoner population is now 107.

By Margaret Hartmann
Nov. 10, 2015

Congress Passes Bill That Might Make It Even Harder to Close GuantanamoPresident Obama will probably sign it.

By Jaime Fuller

guantanamo Oct. 30, 2015

Last British Guantánamo Prisoner Freed After More Than 13 YearsShaker Aamer was never charged with a crime.

By Elaine Godfrey
guantanamo June 11, 2015

Report Highlights All the Unknowns About CIA Torture That Still RemainAnd the Senate debates banning torture once and for all.

By Jaime Fuller
guantanamo Dec. 31, 2014

Five Prisoners Released From GuantánamoThey’ll be resettled in Kazahkstan.

By Jessica Roy
guantanamo July 16, 2014

Navy Nurse Refuses to Force-Feed Guantánamo DetaineesHe’s the first service member to rebel against the controversial policy.

By Margaret Hartmann
guantanamo Dec. 6, 2013

U.S. Releases Two Guantánamo Detainees, Though They’d Rather StayThey fear persecution in Algeria.

By Margaret Hartmann
guantanamo Aug. 21, 2013

Guantanamo’s Reported Love for Fifty Shades Is Just a Dumb JokeOr maybe worse.

By Margaret Hartmann
guantanamo Aug. 19, 2013

Lawyer Says Guantanamo’s Secret ‘Camp 7’ Violates Geneva ConventionIt’s so top secret that he can’t say why.

By Margaret Hartmann
July 30, 2013

Guantánamo Prisoners Love Fifty ShadesEven more than the Koran?

By Dan Amira
Sept. 10, 2011

Military Court Upholds Life Sentence for Al Qaeda’s Propaganda ChiefIt’s only the second time the court has reviewed a Gitmo conviction.

By Andre Tartar
terrorble Apr. 25, 2011

Leaked Gitmo Files Reveal Prisoners’ Threat Level Based on Flawed EvidenceIn many cases, prisoners were innocent. In others, released detainees went on to terrorize again.

By Nitasha Tiku

terrorble Apr. 4, 2011

9/11 Suspect Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Will Get a Military Trial in Gitmo [Updated]Rather than a civilian trial at federal court in Manhattan.

By Nitasha Tiku
guantanamo Dec. 23, 2010

Closing Guantanamo About to Get TougherObama’s plan to close Guantanamo is in worse shape than before.

By Bryan Hood
guantanamo Dec. 21, 2010

Can Obama’s Executive Order on Guantánamo Stand Up Against Congress?One too many “indefinitelys.”

By Nitasha Tiku