Articles Tagged With 'Guantanamo Bay'
Happy Birthday, Gitmo
Today marks the eighth anniversary of the creation of the legal foundation for the prison and the second-tier justice system established to try terrorism suspects there.
With Few Strong Cases, Government Rushes Toward Plea Deals for Guantanamo Detainees
While the Pentagon and the Justice Department wrangle over control of the cases, prosecutors move ahead to negotiate with prisoners.
Gitmo Chart Update: Six Detainees Released to Palau
Some of the Chinese Uighur prisoners leave Guantanamo more than a year after a U.S. judge ordered their release.
On Gitmo, Supreme Court Will Hear Uighurs’ Case
The courts wrestle with the issue of releasing foreign prisoners into the United States.
Gitmo Update: 38 Cases, 2 New Releases, and 1 Showdown
Lawyers for one prisoner who remains in custody seek a contempt order against Defense Secretary Robert Gates.
Why Many Guantanamo Detainees Ordered Released Are Still Stuck There
The government has been slow to resolve even the easier cases involving Guantanamo prisoners.
Judge’s Finding Highlights Risks of Abusive Interrogations at Gitmo
A court order that a Guantanamo prisoner be released says that interrogators did not consider his confessions believable.
Chart: Tracking Gitmo Detainees’ Days in Court
A look at the the judges' latest rulings on Guantanamo prisoners' challenges of their detention.
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.
More at Stake in Gitmo Court Orders Than Detainees’ Fates
Fundamental questions about habeas corpus rights underlie the legal tug-of-war over the release of some prisoners.
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.
New Gitmo Decision Offers Unusual Insight Into Weakness of Government Evidence
A judge with deep national security experience says the record against a Guantanamo prisoner is nothing more than speculation.
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.
White House Is Drafting Executive Order to Allow Indefinite Detention; Move Would Bypass Congress
The administration wants to move quickly to establish a new detention system so that it can close the Guantanamo prison by January.
