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Guantanamo prisoners stories: 147 news summaries

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 Cheney: I OK'd Waterboarding 

VP gave go ahead for 'remarkably successful' tactic

Dec 16, 08 4:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Vice President Dick Cheney personally approved using waterboarding to interrogate 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, he reveals in a wide-ranging interview on ABC News. "I was  involved in helping get the process cleared. The agency came in and wanted to know what they could and couldn't do," said... More »

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Iraq • Saddam Hussein • Dick Cheney • torture • Karl Rove • Guantanamo Bay • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • interrogation • WMD • Guantanamo prisoners • waterboarding • weapons of mass destruction • George W. Bush

Portugal Offers to Take
Gitmo Detainees

Move may help close prison

Dec 12, 08 8:57 AM CST
(Newser) - Portugal is willing to resettle some detainees freed from Guantanamo Bay, and it urged its fellow European countries to do likewise. It’s a diplomatic breakthrough that could help close the controversial US prison, the New York Times reports. Of the 250 detainees still in Guantanamo, 60 have been... More »

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State Department • Portugal • Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners

Born in the USA Tops 
Gitmo Torture Charts

Boss' anthem among tunes favored by US interrogators for disorienting prisoners

Dec 11, 08 2:28 PM CST
(Newser) - The music played at high volume for hours on end by US interrogators to torture prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay spanned all genres. But the military overseers did have a few favorite songs, including:
  • Born in the USA, by Bruce Springsteen
  • American Pie, by Don McLean
  • Staying Alive, by
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music • military • torture • Guantanamo Bay • song • Bruce Springsteen • Guantanamo prisoners • Bee Gees • Don McLean

 9/11 Suspects Withdraw Plea Offers in Fight for Death

Confessions could block death penalty for suspects seeking 'martrydom'

Dec 9, 08 4:14 AM CST
(Newser) - Five  9/11 suspects yesterday withdrew offers to plead guilty when a military judge warned them that confessions could foil their plans to get the death penalty. A death order may require a military jury conviction, he said. The men want the death penalty so they can die as martyrs. "... More »

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terrorism • military tribunal • United States • trial • Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners • 9/11 attacks • Guantanamo tribunals • President Obama

 9/11 Suspects Ask to Confess 

Alleged plotters drop attempts at legal defense, face execution

Dec 8, 08 11:08 AM CST
(AP) - Five men charged with plotting the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks told a military judge today they want to immediately confess at their war-crimes tribunal at Guantanamo Bay, setting up likely guilty pleas and their possible executions. The five said they decided to abandon all efforts to defend themselves against the... More »

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terrorism • military tribunal • United States • trial • Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners • 9/11 attacks

Bin Laden's Driver Leaves Guantanamo

Convict transferred to Yemen to serve remainder of sentence

Nov 25, 08 5:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Salim Hamdan, the former driver of Osama bin Laden and one of only two suspected terrorists convicted at Guantanamo Bay, is being transferred to his homeland of Yemen. Hamdan was sentenced in August to just 5 months' detention on top of the 5 years he served at the prison camp,... More »

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Bush administration • Guantanamo Bay • terrorist • Yemen • Guantanamo prisoners • Salim Ahmed Hamdan • al-Qaeda • Guantanamo tribunals

 Art Classes Coming to Gitmo 

Prison camp staff will offer more activities
to distract detainees

Nov 23, 08 7:49 PM CST
(Newser) - Art class at Guantanamo Bay? Yes, it's in the works—along with geology class, Game Boys, access to newspapers, and more movie nights. The prison staff wants to keep prisoners "stimulated," Guantanamo's cultural adviser told the Miami Herald. "Once they are engaged and busy, they leave the... More »

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War on Terror • jihad • Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners • detainees

5 Ordered Freed From Gitmo on Feds' Lack of Evidence

Governments' classified case insufficient to justify further detention

Nov 20, 08 1:50 PM CST
(Newser) - A federal judge today ordered the release of five Guantánamo Bay inmates, ruling that the US government’s evidence was not enough to justify their continued detention, the New York Times reports. The men were among the inmates who won a Supreme Court verdict in June that found they... More »

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Bush administration • War on Terror • Guantanamo Bay • habeas corpus • Guantanamo prisoners • federal judges • Boumediene v. Bush • evidence

 Defense Lawyers Let Inside Secret Gitmo Camp 

First-ever visit to undisclosed locale 'helpful:' defense attorney

Nov 20, 08 11:34 AM CST
(AP) - Defense lawyers were allowed for the first time into a section of the prison at Guantanamo Bay so restricted that even its location on the US base is secret. The pair of military attorneys for an alleged Sept. 11 plotter went to Camp 7 to gauge the effects of the... More »

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Bush administration • War on Terror • terrorism • schizophrenia • Guantanamo Bay • lawyer • Guantanamo prisoners • Camp Seven • Ramzi Binalshibh

To Close Guantánamo,
US Must Go Through Yemen

Officials reluctant to send prisoners back to unstable nation

Nov 16, 08 3:00 PM CST
(Newser) - As the new administration decides how to make good on its promise to close Guantánamo Bay, the little nation of Yemen is proving to be big trouble. US officials began sending detainees to be held in their home countries in 2005, but have kept all 100-odd Yemenis over fears... More »

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Guantanamo Bay • Yemen • habeas corpus • Guantanamo prisoners • US Embassy

OPINION

Assaults on Our Freedom 
Come From Left and Right

Long bipartisan history of infringing on rights of Americans

Nov 13, 08 1:07 PM CST
(Newser) - Those who blame the current administration for assaults on US constitutional freedoms should take a longer view, writes Alexander Cockburn in the American Conservative. “No doubt the conservatives who cheered Bush on as he abrogated ancient rights and stretched the powers of his office to unseen limits would have... More »

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Bosnia • Bill of Rights • Bill Clinton • Bush legacy • Constitution • habeas corpus • Social Security • Guantanamo prisoners • bipartisanship • George W. Bush • President Obama

Gitmo Detainees Begin Court Challenge

Six Algerian prisoners are first to contest detention by US

Nov 7, 08 8:15 AM CST
(Newser) - A federal judge opened the first habeas corpus hearing for prisoners at Guantanamo Bay yesterday, five months after the Supreme Court ruled that they may challenge their detention in court. The judge closed the court after opening statements were made, saying that the evidence was classified, the New York Times... More »

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Guantanamo Bay • habeas corpus • Guantanamo prisoners • terror suspects • detainees • Boumediene • Boumediene v. Bush

Trial Begins for Accused al-Qaeda Moviemaker

Prosecutors say propaganda director created terror recruitment videos

Oct 28, 08 1:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - The trial of a man accused of creating videos for al-Qaeda is under way at Guantanamo Bay, the Miami Herald reports. Prosecutors say Ali Hamza al Bahlul, a Yemeni, made recruitment videos for the terror group, including one that glorified the bombing of the USS Cole, prosecutors argue. He faces... More »

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propaganda • Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners • al-Qaeda • Guantanamo tribunals • Ali Hamza al Bahlul

 Bush Committed 
 to Gitmo Gulag 

Come hell or Supreme Court, administration believes in controversial lock up

Oct 21, 08 3:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Despite his stated desire to the contrary, President Bush and his most hawkish aides are determined to keep prison facilities operating at Guantánamo Bay, reports the New York Times. Bush made up his mind following a Supreme Court ruling in the summer granting 250 detainees the right to challenge... More »

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Dick Cheney • Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners • US Supreme Court • Fort Leavenworth • George W. Bush • detainees • Uighurs • Supermax • Naval Consolidated Brig

9/11 Suspects Denied Internet Access for Defense Prep

Granted battery power but no 'state-of-art' office technology

Oct 13, 08 10:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - A judge has denied Internet access to five suspects being held at Guantanamo Bay for their involvement in the Sept. 11 attacks, reports the Miami Herald. Three of the five are their own attorneys and requested access to help prepare their defense. The government was ordered to provide enough battery... More »

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Guantanamo Bay • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • Guantanamo prisoners • al-Qaeda • Guantanamo tribunals

Appeals Court Halts Release of 17 at Gitmo

Goverment seeks to reverse decision to free Chinese Muslims

Oct 9, 08 7:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - An appeals court has blocked the release of 17 Chinese Muslim detainees at Guantanamo Bay after the Bush administration filed an emergency motion. A lower court had ruled that the men, members of the Uighur minority who have been imprisoned for 7 years, must be released. That decision also said... More »

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China • Bush administration • US Appeals court • Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners • Uighurs • Chinese Muslims

 Judge Orders 17
 Gitmo Inmates Freed

Major blow to White House as judge refers to nation's 'founding principle'

Oct 8, 08 3:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a huge blow to the Bush administration a federal judge has ordered the immediate release of 17 Chinese Muslims who have been imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay for seven years, reports the Washington Post. He said the men must be released to volunteer Uighur families by Friday for possible resettlement... More »

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Pentagon • Department of Justice • Muslims • Guantanamo Bay • Department of Homeland Security • Guantanamo prisoners • al-Qaeda • Uighurs • Chinese Muslims

Was Qaeda Cabbie Flunky
or Warrior?

Hamdan's sentence depends on which image is convincing

Aug 7, 08 3:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Now that Salim Hamdan has been found guilty of driving Osama bin Laden around Afghanistan, sentencers must now decide if that makes him a warrior or a flunky, USA Today reports. Testimony from a psychiatrist describing Hamdan's path from impoverished Yemeni orphan to chauffeur for the world's most wanted man... More »

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sentencing • Osama bin Laden • Guantanamo prisoners • Salim Ahmed Hamdan • al-Qaeda • Guantanamo tribunals

Bin Laden Driver's Soft Spot: McDonald's Fries

FBI agents discovered he liked them during interrogations

Jul 26, 08 1:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Osama bin Laden’s driver warmed up to interrogators after he was given McDonald’s french fries, Reuters reports. He "even appreciated that McDonald's fries are not good cold," an FBI agent testified yesterday at Salim Hamdan’s war crimes trial. In another instance, he perked up when... More »

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Pentagon • military tribunal • McDonald's • September 11 • Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners • interrogation techniques • Salim Ahmed Hamdan • al-Qaeda • French fries • Guantanamo tribunals

Gitmo Trial Describes al-Qaeda Inner Circle

Driver was key member of organization: prosecutor

Jul 22, 08 3:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Arguments in the trial of Salim Hamdan gave a view of al-Qaeda's inner circle today, as prosecutors opened by painting Osama bin Laden's driver as a key member of the organization, the Miami Herald reports. The lead prosecutor depicted Hamdan as a constant presence in high-level al-Qaeda operations and argued... More »

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Pentagon • military tribunal • September 11 • Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners • Salim Ahmed Hamdan • al-Qaeda • 9/11 attacks • Guantanamo tribunals

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