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US Appeals Ruling to Free Chinese From Gitmo

US appeal of ruling strands 17, held since 2001 without charge

Nov 1, 08 4:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - 17 Chinese prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay will stay there indefinitely pending an appeal of a judge’s decision that they be released, the Guardian reports. “They were on freedom's doorstep," their frustrated lawyer said. “The plane was at Gitmo.” Refugee and religious organizations in the... More »

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China • Department of Justice • appeal • Guantanamo Bay • refugee • federal judges • terror suspects • Uighurs

Secret White House
Memos OK'd Waterboarding

Fearing backlash, CIA sought and received support

Oct 15, 08 7:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Bush administration gave its blessing in writing for the CIA to use waterboarding and other harsh interrogation techniques in two secret memos that have only now come to light, the Washington Post reveals. Intelligence officials sought to get something on paper in 2003—more than a year after the... More »

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CIA • torture • John Ashcroft • interrogation • waterboarding • interrogation techniques • George J. Tenet • harsh interrogation • terror suspects • George W. Bush

Canada Terror Camp 
 Video Surfaces  

Footage shows masked men receiving weapons training in snowy rural Ontario

Sep 20, 08 5:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - A video of an alleged terrorist training camp linked to 11 suspects accused of plotting terror attacks in Canada has surfaced online days before a verdict against one of them is due, the Toronto Star reports. A lawyer for the men complained that the video—which features men in a... More »

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Canada • terror plots • Islamic extremists • training camps • Toronto • terror suspects • terror trial

 Boy, 8, Makes 'Terror Watch List'

Third grader joins many others on flaw-filled 'no-fly' list

Aug 20, 08 5:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - James Robinson, 8, shares more than a name with a pilot and a former assistant attorney general, CNN reports. All three have found themselves on the government's terrorist watch list and must verify they're not James Robinson, suspected terrorist, before they can fly. Little James was first held up at... More »

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terrorist lists • Department of Homeland Security • airport security • terror suspects • national database • terrorist watch list

Gitmo Inmates May Testify
for bin Laden Aide

Prosecutors seek to block testimony as threat to national security

Jul 15, 08 5:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fellow Guantanamo Bay inmates may testify at the upcoming terror trial of Osama bin Laden’s former driver, the Washington Post reports. Lawyers for Salim Ahmed Hamdan hope the testimony will prove their client was not a high-level terror operative. The military officer in charge of the case said he... More »

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Guantanamo Bay • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • Guantanamo prisoners • Salim Ahmed Hamdan • terror suspects • terror trial

Destroying Key Records
Was Standard at Gitmo

US interrogators told to 'minimize certain legal issues' in questioning detainees

Jun 9, 08 9:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Guantanamo Bay interrogators were urged to destroy notes from interviews with detainees, including Canadian Omar Khadr, documents suggest. Minimizing interrogation records “can minimize certain legal issues,” reads a Guantanamo operational manual for intelligence teams shown to Khadr’s lawyers. The case against Khadr is thought to be based... More »

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Afghanistan • Canada • Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners • terror suspects • Omar Khadr • terror trial

Gitmo Drives Detainees Crazy: Lawyers

As trials draw near, prisoners' mental health at issue

Apr 26, 08 10:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Osama bin Laden's driver can't help his lawyers prepare his defense because he's been driven mad by years of isolation at Guantanamo Bay, his lawyers say. The conditions "boil his mind" and prevent a fair trial, they say, an argument that will become increasingly common as lawyers begin preparing... More »

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War on Terror • mental health • Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners • terror suspects • terror trial

CIA's Legal Troubles Grow Over Tapes' Destruction

Agency faces growing number of challenges from detainees

Mar 28, 08 9:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - The CIA's decision to destroy interrogation videotapes to save itself legal trouble is backfiring in a big way, the New York Times reports. Lawyers for more than a dozen detainees have filed challenges citing the destruction of evidence, putting terrorism cases on shaky ground and jeopardizing future prosecutions as well,... More »

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Congress • CIA • Guantanamo Bay • interrogation • waterboarding • interrogation tapes • terror suspects

US Readies Major 9/11 Trial of Gitmo detainees

Case could bring closure for White House, or revive criticisms

Feb 9, 08 6:50 AM CST
(Newser) - US military prosecutors are finalizing plans for a major trial against Guantanamo’s 9/11 suspects, sources tell the New York Times. Among those likely to be charged is Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who has claimed full responsibility for the attacks. “The thinking was 9/11 is the heart and soul... More »

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Pentagon • US military • trial • September 11 • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • Guantanamo prisoners • terror suspects

Spain Busts 14 Islamic Militants in Terror Plot

Barcelona raids yield bomb materials; attack wasn't imminent

Jan 19, 08 10:28 AM CST
(Newser) - Spanish authorities toady arrested 14 people—12 Pakistanis and 2 Indians—suspected of planning a terror attack in or near Barcelona. After raiding five homes, officials seized four bomb timers and computer data, CNN reports. “They had taken a step beyond radicalization and were trying to get the means... More »

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Madrid bombings • terrorism • Pervez Musharraf • Spain • Europe • terror plots • Islamic extremism • Barcelona • terror suspects

Judge Refuses to Step Into
CIA Tape Case

Justice Department's investigation sufficient for now, justice rules

Jan 9, 08 7:31 PM CST
(Newser) - A federal judge today denied a request by a lawyer representing terrorism suspects that he open hearings into the CIA's destruction of interrogation videotapes, the AP reports. Judge Henry H. Kennedy said that he had no evidence that the Bush administration had defied court orders and that the Justice Department's... More »

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Bush administration • Congress • CIA • Department of Justice • investigation • Guantanamo Bay • Michael Mukasey • interrogation tapes • terror suspects

Belgium Frees Terror Suspects

Court finds lack of evidence to hold 14 men; country remains on high alert

Dec 22, 07 4:01 PM CST
(Newser) - Today Belgian police released 14 men accused of plotting to break free an al-Qaeda suicide bomber, the AP reports. A court ruled there was not enough evidence to justify holding them more than 24 hours—the standard time to present evidence on a suspect in Belgium. "The police get... More »

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Belgium • terror plots • terrorist • terror suspects

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UK Bomb Plot Suspect Escapes

Botched extradition deep embarrassment to Musharraf government

Dec 17, 07 8:57 AM CST
(Newser) - The escape in Pakistan last night of a British terror suspect has set off a nationwide manhunt and further strained precarious diplomatic relations between Britain and Pakistan, reports AFP. Guards returning Rashid Rauf, 26, to jail from a court appearance allowed him to stop for burgers and prayers, where Rauf... More »

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Pakistan • Islamabad • terrorist • Britain • Rashid Rauf • terror suspects

UK Court OKs Radical Cleric's US Extradition

Al-Masri tried to build a terrorist training camp
in Oregon, US says

Nov 15, 07 10:19 AM CST
(Newser) - Radical Islamic cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri could be extradited to the US, thanks to a British court ruling today. Hamza is serving a seven-year prison term for inciting his congregation to murder, but US charges, which include attempting to set up a terrorist training camp in Oregon, could put the... More »

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terrorism • terror plots • extradition • Britain • radical cleric • Abu Hamza al Masri • terror suspects

Chief Gitmo Prosecutor Steps Down

Chain-of-command issue leads to resignation at controversial military jail

Oct 5, 07 7:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - The US military’s lead prosecutor in trials of terror suspects held at Guantanamo Bay has resigned, the Pentagon announced today. Air Force Col. Davis sought a new post after the Pentagon rejected his complaint that an officer supervising his work did not have the authority to do so. “... More »

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military • enemy combatants • Guantanamo Bay • terror suspects

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