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NEWS ABOUT: Supermax

Supermax stories: 6 news summaries

Republicans Decry Decision to Try 9/11 Planner in NYC

GOP slams AG's 'dangerous mentality'

Nov 13, 09 12:15 PM CST
(Newser) - Republican leaders are sharply criticizing the Obama administration’s decision to prosecute Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in civilian court. John Boehner called the plan to try the confessed planner of the 9/11 attacks in New York "irresponsible” and accused AG Eric Holder of "reverting to a dangerous pre-9/11 mentality.... More »

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terrorism • New York City • prison • New York • GOP • Ground Zero • Daniel Pearl • September 11 • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • John Boehner • Eric Holder • 9/11 attacks • Frank Wolf • Obama administration • Supermax • Republicans • Buck McKeon

(Newser) - Prison officials refused to let an al-Qaeda terrorist serving 30 years in Supermax, a prison in Colorado, read Barack Obama's books, the Daily Telegraph reports. Ahmed Omar Abu Ali, an American citizen convicted of conspiring to, among other things, assassinate then–President George W. Bush, was told that the books... More »

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Barack Obama • prison • terrorist • al-Qaeda • Dreams From My Father • prisoner • Supermax • President Obama

'Shoe-Bomber' on Hunger Strike
in Colo. Prison

Supermax inmate force-fed, hydrated
after refusing food

Jun 10, 09 1:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Convicted terrorist Richard Reid has been on hunger strike inside Colorado's Supermax prison since March, reports the Times of London. The British Muslim, sentenced to life after attempting to blow up a transatlantic jet with bombs hidden in his shoes, has refused 59 meals in recent month. Reid has been... More »

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Islamic extremists • hunger strike • Richard Reid • Supermax

Colorado Town Would Welcome Gitmo Inmates

Supermax is already home to Unabomber, '20th hijacker'

Jun 4, 09 7:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Members of Congress have protested President Obama's efforts to move Guantanamo inmates to US prisons, but residents of Florence, Colo., say they wouldn't mind taking in a few enemy combatants. The supermax prison near town already holds some of the world's most infamous terrorists: a 1993 World Trade Center assailant,... More »

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prison • Guantanamo Bay • detainee • federal prison • Colorado • Guantanamo prisoners • Supermax

 Supermax Neighbors 
 Fear Gitmo Influx 

Townspeople worry that transfer will make them a target for terrorists

May 23, 09 7:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - People who live near some of America's most notorious killers fear closing Guantanamo Bay will wreck their neighborhood, the New York Times reports. Residents of Cañon City, Colo., close to the Florence "Supermax" prison, worry the detainees will be transferred there, making them a target for terrorists and... More »

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Guantanamo Bay • prison system • federal prison • Colorado • Guantanamo prisoners • Supermax

 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

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