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Yemen Releases 170
al-Qaeda Suspects

Prepares for sweep of al-Qaeda base

Feb 9, 09 6:20 AM CST
(Newser) - Yemen has freed 170 men suspected of having ties to al-Qaeda, reports AP. The men were released to tribal chiefs after signing pledges to renounce terrorism. Yemeni military spokesmen say troops are poised to sweep through the al-Qaeda stronghold of Marib. Though such releases have often raised US hackles, Yemeni... More »

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Saudi Arabia • terrorism • Yemen • Guantanamo prisoners • al-Qaeda

Now Europe Has Gitmo Problem

EU leaders ponder course for up to 60 former inmates they've agreed to take in

Feb 8, 09 12:14 PM CST
(Newser) - EU leaders have promised President Obama they’ll take up to 60 detainees as Guantanamo closes, but the devil is in the details over exactly what to do with them, the Los Angeles Times reports. Questions abound over which country should take which detainee, whether they should face prosecution, and... More »

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European Union • Europe • Guantanamo Bay • detainee • Guantanamo prisoners

 Obama Meets With 9/11 Families 

President moves to reassure families over his plans for terror suspects

Feb 7, 09 5:26 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama met yesterday with people who lost relatives in the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks and the bombing of the USS Cole in an effort to reassure them about his plans for detained al-Qaeda suspects, McClatchy Newspapers reports. The president hugged some of the 40 attendees at the highly emotional... More »

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Barack Obama • Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners • al-Qaeda • USS Cole • 9/11 attacks • Abd al Rahim al-Nashiri • Obama administration • Guantanamo tribunals • President Obama

UK Judges Keep Gitmo Secret After US 'Threat'

Government tells courts to withhold evidence
in torture case

Feb 5, 09 7:23 AM CST
(Newser) - Binyam Mohamed, a British detainee at Guantanamo Bay, alleges that he has been tortured, and his lawyers petitioned a high court in London to release a document detailing his treatment. But yesterday two judges declined—after the British government informed them that the US might stop sharing intelligence with the... More »

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torture • David Miliband • Guantanamo Bay • blackmail • Guantanamo prisoners • Binyam Mohamed

 11 Freed From 
 Gitmo Disappear 
 Into Terror Network 

Saudi Arabia admits former detainees may be with al-Qaeda

Feb 4, 09 4:49 AM CST
(Newser) - Eleven Saudi nationals who were released from detention at Guantanamo Bay have likely rejoined terrorist groups, the Saudi government said yesterday. The prisoners participated in a rehabilitation program after returning to Saudi Arabia, but all of them have fled the country—probably to Yemen or Iran. The situation underscores President... More »

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Saudi Arabia • Guantanamo Bay • counterterrorism • Yemen • Guantanamo prisoners • al-Qaeda

Gitmo Judge Refuses Obama's Order to Delay Trials

Delay in USS Cole case 'does not serve the interest of justice,' Army colonel says

Jan 29, 09 1:55 PM CST
(Newser) - The lead judge in the Guantanamo Bay military tribunals has refused President Obama’s order to suspend legal proceedings against one of the terror prison’s detainees, Reuters reports. Army Col. James Pohl said tribunal rules give him sole authority to delay litigation in the case of Abd al Rahim... More »

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War on Terror • Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners • al-Qaeda • USS Cole • Obama administration • Guantanamo tribunals • President Obama

 Gitmo Detainee Files a Mess 

Obama officials condemn disorder; ex-Bushies cry blame game

Jan 25, 09 6:12 PM CST
(Newser) - The case files of many Gitmo detainees are incomplete, disorganized, or strewn around the executive branch, complicating President Barack Obama’s plan to close down the detention center, reports the Washington Post. Incoming officials discovered the chaos when given access after the inauguration. One former official says he sometimes... More »

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Bush administration • Barack Obama • Guantanamo Bay • Bush legacy • Guantanamo prisoners • George W. Bush • Obama administration • President Obama

analysis

 Gitmo Was Actually Humane 
 —Until Rumsfeld Took Over 

Camp's ills began when Rumsfeld weighed in

Jan 25, 09 12:12 PM CST
(Newser) - If Guantanamo Bay has become a symbol of torture, a place where prisoners' screams echo in our national psyche, it wasn’t always so, writes Karen Greenberg in the Washington Post. Though told the Geneva Conventions wouldn't technically apply, the military officials who set up the camp skirted Bush administration... More »

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Donald Rumsfeld • US military • Guantanamo Bay • treatment • Geneva Convention • Guantanamo prisoners • detainees

ANALYSIS

Obama's Gitmo Order Isn't
What It Seems

Experts see potential loopholes, gray areas in revised policies

Jan 23, 09 11:36 AM CST
(Newser) - With a stroke of the pen, President Obama rewrote American detention and interrogation policy yesterday. Or not, writes Josh Gerstein for Politico. He offers reasons not to overstate Obama’s policy changes:
  • "Everyone has to follow the Army Field Manual—for now…": Obama is convening a
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torture • Robert Gates • Guantanamo Bay • executive order • Guantanamo prisoners • detainees • Obama administration • Guantanamo tribunals • President Obama

Freed Detainee Becomes Al-Qaeda Chief

After Gitmo, suspected in bombing of US embassy in Yemen

Jan 23, 09 7:36 AM CST
(Newser) - As Barack Obama prepares to close Guantanamo Bay, the story of Said Ali al-Shihri provides a cautionary tale. Released from the prison camp in 2007, the Saudi has become the deputy leader of al-Qaeda’s Yemeni branch and is suspected of involvement in the bombing of the US embassy there... More »

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Saudi Arabia • Guantanamo Bay • detainee • Yemen • Guantanamo prisoners • al-Qaeda • Said Ali al-Shihri

 Prez to Shut Gitmo, 
 Secret CIA Prisons 

Orders directing sweeping detention, interrogation overhaul expected today

Jan 22, 09 2:35 AM CST
(Newser) - The president will sign orders today ordering the Guantanamo Bay detention center shut down within a year—and directing the CIA to dismantle its network of secret prisons overseas, government officials tell the New York Times. The CIA will still be allowed to detain terror suspects in foreign countries, but... More »

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CIA • secret prisons • Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners • harsh interrogation • Obama administration • President Obama

 Prez Orders Halt 
 to Gitmo Trials 

Prosecutors seeking 120-day delay while Obama sorts things out

Jan 21, 09 2:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama ordered military prosecutors to seek a 120-day halt to legal proceedings at Guantanamo Bay—due to resume today—against five accused 9/11 conspirators, and another case against a Canadian defendant. Documents already filed said the request is made "in the interest of justice and at the direction... More »

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Barack Obama • military tribunal • Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners • Obama administration • Guantanamo tribunals • President Obama

2 Dozen Gitmo Prisoners Win Court Cases

All but 3 who got hearings were found wrongfully detained

Jan 19, 09 4:26 AM CST
(Newser) - At least 24 detainees at Guantanamo Bay have won cases in federal court or military tribunals voiding their detention in the last 3 months. While the Bush administration has insisted that the prisoners who remain at Gitmo are "the worst of the worst," there was apparently no legal... More »

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Taliban • enemy combatants • Guantanamo Bay • habeas corpus • Afghanis • Guantanamo prisoners • Boumediene v. Bush

Judge Orders Youngest Gitmo Prisoner Freed

Chadian citizen, 21,
has been held at camp
since he was 14

Jan 15, 09 4:31 AM CST
(Newser) - A judge has ordered the military to release the youngest prisoner ever sent to Guantanamo Bay, reports CNN. The judge ruled that Mohammad el-Gharani, sent to the detention center in 2002 at the age of 14, was not an enemy combatant. El-Gharani's lawyer said his client, a citizen of Chad,... More »

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(Newser) - About one in five Gitmo detainees is on a hunger strike to catch the attention of Barack Obama, the Times of London reports. Of the 248 prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, 44 are refusing to eat, prompting the US to force-feed 33 of them through tubes. A military official also tells... More »

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 Bush Official: 
 US Tortured 
 Gitmo Inmate 

9/11 suspect nearly
died from interrogation, says Pentagon honcho

Jan 14, 09 7:21 AM CST
(Newser) - The US military tortured a Saudi national suspected of attempted participation in the 9/11 attacks, according to a top Bush administration official. In an interview with Bob Woodward of the Washington Post, Susan J. Crawford says the suspect endured sustained isolation, nudity, humiliation, and exposure to extreme temperatures that left... More »

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torture • Bob Woodward • Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners • Mohammed al-Qahtani • 9/11 attacks • Susan J. Crawford

 Evidence Mess Threatens 
 Gitmo Cases: Ex-Prosecutor 

Evidence 'lost, disorganized'

Jan 14, 09 4:34 AM CST
(Newser) - The handling of evidence in Guantanamo Bay cases is so chaotic it may be impossible to properly convict a single prisoner, charges a former military prosecutor. Former Lt. Col. Darrel Vandeveld is supporting a federal court petition to free one detainee, Mohammed Jawad, who has been held without trial for... More »

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Guantanamo Bay • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • Guantanamo prisoners • Omar Khadr • Office of Military Commissions • Darrel Vandeveld • Mohammed Jawad • prosecutions

Obama's Delayed Gitmo Plan Upsets Rights Groups

President-elect urged to stop tribunals before child soldier's trial

Jan 13, 09 2:39 AM CST
(Newser) - Human rights groups are worried about Barack Obama's plan to wait over 100 days before closing the Guantanamo Bay detenion center, reports the Miami Herald. Activists fear that Obama plans to keep the system of military tribunals going and are especially concerned about the upcoming trial of prisoner Omar Khadr,... More »

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Barack Obama • human rights • Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners • Omar Khadr • Guantanamo tribunals • President Obama

 Who's Still at Guantanamo? 

A significant portion of the final 110 have combat, recruiting experience

Dec 30, 08 1:21 PM CST
(Newser) - Before he can close Guantanamo, Barack Obama must decide what to do with the 250 detainees still there. About 80 are scheduled to be tried and will serve their sentences in their home countries, USA Today reports. The Pentagon has approved the release of 60 more, but has not... More »

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US military • Guantanamo Bay • terrorist • Guantanamo prisoners • training camps • suspected terrorists • al-Qaeda • Guantanamo tribunals

EU Considers Taking Gitmo Prisoners

Allies offer to help Obama 'clean up
Bush's mess'

Dec 23, 08 5:01 AM CST
(Newser) - European Union countries are considering giving Barack Obama a helping hand by accepting released Guantanamo Bay prisoners for resettlement, the Washington Post reports. Requests from the Bush administration to take Gitmo detainees were flatly rejected by the EU, but Portugal has now signaled its willingness to accept some prisoners and... More »

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Barack Obama • European Union • Portugal • Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners • detainees • President Obama

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