Articles Tagged With 'Detention'
U.S. Officials Equate Pakistani Spy Agency With Terror Groups in Leaked Documents
Material published by Wikileaks and the Guardian gives a more detailed picture of U.S.-Pakistan relations, one colored by deep suspicion.
White House Drafts Executive Order for Indefinite Detention
The White House is moving ahead with an executive order that will provide for periodic assessments of prisoners detained without charges at Guantanamo.
Exclusion of Coercion-Tainted Evidence Echoes Other Gitmo Cases
A federal judge's decision today is latest in series of government losses in Gitmo-related cases that relied on evidence gained during coercive interrogations.
Judges Reject Interrogation Evidence in Gitmo Cases
The government has lost eight of 15 cases in which Guantánamo inmates have said they or witnesses against them were forcibly interrogated, according to a ProPublica review.
Gitmo Challenges Could Endanger Half of Convictions
Two legal challenges to the Guantanamo military commissions system could undo half the convictions won so far.
Gitmo Judge Recuses Self After Complaint Based on ProPublica Interview
A federal judge has recused himself from a case challenging the detention of a Gitmo prisoner after the detainee’s lawyer complained that views he expressed in a ProPublica interview meant he couldn’t be fair.
Why Obama’s Plans for N.Y. Terror Trials Unraveled
For anyone wondering how one of President Obama’s signature pledges seemed to unravel between Monday and Friday, here’s a look at the week that was.
Judges Urge Congress to Act on Indefinite Terrorism Detentions
In an unusual move, three federal judges hearing Gitmo challenges say lawmakers need to provide them with guidelines on how long terrorism suspects can be detained without charges.
ACLU Sues FBI for Imprisonment of New Jersey Man in Africa
A lawsuit contends that the U.S. government was complicit in the detention and mistreatment of Amir Meshal, who was held for four months in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia.
White House Regroups on Guantanamo
White House Counsel Greg Craig has been replaced as the point man on the Guantanamo issue as the deadline for closing the prison looms.
Bush and Obama: A Counterterrorism Comparison
There are clear differences between the policies of the president and his predecessor on interrogation and other national-security issues, but there is common ground too.
PBS’s NOW Explores Preventive Detention
A program looks at some of the issues involved in the imprisonment and treatment of terrorism suspects.
Tracking Obama’s Struggles to Defend Gitmo Detentions
An updated look at the court cases of prisoners who have challenged their detentions at Guantanamo Bay.
Their Own Private Guantánamo
In the absence of guidelines from Congress and the president, federal trial judges have taken individual approaches in evaluating detention cases.
Obama’s Actual Words on Indefinite Detention
A transcript of the president's answers on whether to handle terrorism suspects by executive order.
