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Gitmo Judge Urged to Recuse Himself After ProPublica Interview

A federal judge who spoke at length with ProPublica about his experience working through about a dozen constitutional challenges moun … more…

Judges Urge Congress to Act on Indefinite Terrorism Detentions

Three judges on the federal trial court hearing challenges brought by Guantanamo prisoners are calling on Congress and the Obama … more…

The Clock Ticks Slowest at Gitmo: Why It’s Taking so Long to Close the Prison

As we have reported throughout the year, the Obama administration has been serially hampered in its efforts to shutter the prison at … more…

Gitmo Detainee, Abused in U.S. Custody, Is Returned to Kuwait

In October, we reported on the case of Fouad Al Rabiah, a 50-year-old Kuwaiti and father of four who had been held at Guantanamo for … more…

Happy Birthday, Gitmo

Much has occurred today with regards to Guantanamo Bay and many decisions are yet to come.

But there is another milestone worthy … more…

With Few Strong Cases, Government Rushes Toward Plea Deals for Guantanamo Detainees

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As the United States moves to prosecute Khalid Shai … more…

Gitmo Chart Update: Six Detainees Released to Palau

On Saturday, the Obama administration transferred six Chinese Muslim detainees from Guantanamo to the Pacific island nation of Palau. … more…

On Gitmo, Supreme Court Will Hear Uighurs’ Case

The Supreme Court agreed today to hear an appeal by Uighur detainees held at Guantanamo on whether those detainees can be released in … more…

Gitmo Update: 38 Cases, 2 New Releases, and 1 Showdown

More than a year after the Supreme Court ruled that Guantanamo detainees can appeal their detention in U.S. courts, at least 17 priso … more…

Judge’s Finding Highlights Risks of Abusive Interrogations at Gitmo

A few weeks ago, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia released a declassified version of a judge’s ruling in the case … more…

PBS’s NOW Explores Preventive Detention

Tonight, our friends at NOW on PBS are taking a closer look at the ongoing debate over indefinitely detaining alleged terrorists and … more…

More at Stake in Gitmo Court Orders Than Detainees’ Fates

The federal judges who are reviewing lawsuits filed by Guantanamo inmates have found that 29 of the 35 men whose cases they’ve comp … more…

Tracking Obama’s Struggles to Defend Gitmo Detentions

As federal judges continue to decide lawsuits brought by Guantanamo inmates to challenge their detentions, ProPublica is analyzing … more…

Their Own Private Guantánamo

This story was published as an op-ed in the New York Times.

As the Obama administration and Congress try to forge a legal framew … more…

Obama’s Actual Words on Indefinite Detention

On Thursday we flagged an Associated Press interview with President Obama in which he seemed to suggest that if he goes ahead with in … more…

ProPublica Reporters Discuss Their Articles

July 2, 12:02 p.m.: This post has been updated.

Just how it is that a major manufacturing corporation was able to use loopholes in … more…

Review of Gitmo Detainees Has Been Slow and Complex

In a little-noticed brief (PDF) filed in U.S. District Court on May 13, Matthew Olsen, who is leading the Guantanamo Review Task Forc … more…