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NEWS ABOUT: Guantanamo Bay

Guantanamo Bay stories: 292 news summaries

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ANALYSIS

No Clear Way for US to Prosecute Gitmo Prisoners

Experts split on whether to use federal courts or military commissions

Oct 29, 09 11:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama is edging closer to his goal of closing the Guantanamo Bay prison: Congress has approved detainee trials on US soil and the National Defense Authorization Act, passed yesterday, attempts to repair the damaged legality of President Bush’s military-commissions system. But hurdles remain, with legal scholars split on... More »

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Bush administration • terrorism • military tribunal • Guantanamo Bay • detainee • Human Rights Watch • Guantanamo prisoners • Obama administration • President Obama • National Defense Authorization Act

 Metallica Singer 
 'Proud' of Music's 
 Role in Torture 

Tunes represented something detainees didn't like: Hetfield

Oct 29, 09 1:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Metallica frontman James Hetfield is rather proud his band's music was played at top volume to break down the resistance of Guantanamo detainees under interrogation. "It’s strong, it’s music that’s powerful,” he told an interviewer from a German TV network. “It represents something that... More »

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Iraq • Guantanamo Bay • Metallica • heavy metal • harsh interrogation • detainees

 Stars Demand 
 Bush 'Music 
 Torture' Files 

Time for torturers to face the music, say celebs

Oct 22, 09 2:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - A coalition of celebrity musicians is demanding the release of Bush administration documents revealing how music was used to torture Guantanamo Bay inmates. Songs from Metallica, The Real Slim Shady, and the Star Spangled Banner, among many others, were blasted all day for days on end to rattle prisoners, inmates... More »

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Bush administration • music • torture • Eminem • Guantanamo Bay • prisoners • country music • Guantanamo prisoners • Metallica • heavy metal • David Byrne • Rage Against the Machine • Tom Morello • Bonnie Raitt

Senate OKs US Trials for Gitmo Prisoners

Obama expected to
sign measure aimed at speeding jail's closure

Oct 20, 09 7:54 PM CDT
(AP) - President Obama won a modest victory today in his continuing effort to close the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba and allowing the government to continue to transfer detainees to the US for prosecution. The plan to permit terror suspects to be shipped to U.S. soil to face trial passed... More »

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Senate • House of Representatives • Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners • terror trial • President Obama

(AP) - The Supreme Court will hear a new case about the rights of Guantanamo detainees, this time involving prisoners who remain in custody even after the Pentagon determines they're not a threat to the United States, the court said today. Last year, the court said in a 5-4 ruling that federal... More »

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China • Guantanamo Bay • US Supreme Court • Uighurs • Obama administration • Bermuda • Palau

OPINION

 Bush AG: 
 Court Terror 
 Trials Too 
 Dangerous 

Challenges to security, secrecy would be 'overwhelming'

Oct 19, 09 4:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration wants to try alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other Guantanamo detainees in federal courts—and that's a major mistake, says Michael Mukasey. Terrorism trials pose "overwhelming" security challenges, and classified information would have to be revealed, warns George Bush's relatively moderate third attorney general... More »

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Guantanamo Bay • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • Michael Mukasey • Guantanamo prisoners • al-Qaeda • attorney general • 9/11 attacks • Guantanamo tribunals

 US Eyes Saudi Rehab 
 for Yemeni Detainees 

But Saudi Arabia not jumping at the chance to take in Guantanamo detainees

Oct 14, 09 9:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - When a Saudi Arabian returns home from Guantanamo Bay, a top Saudi prince personally informs their families—then asks them to sign guarantees that he will not return to terrorism. It’s part of Saudi Arabia’s highly effective extremist rehabilitation program, which has so far graduated 108 detainees. Now,... More »

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Saudi Arabia • terrorism • Guantanamo Bay • rehabilitation • Yemen • extremism • Guantanamo prisoners

Interview



 Gitmo Guard: Why 
 I Embraced Islam 

Terry Holdbrooks sympathized with the detainees, and was soon bounced from the army

Oct 7, 09 2:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Terry Holdbrooks didn’t know anything about Islam when he was assigned to guard the Guantanamo Bay detention center. The lone son of junkie parents, raised by his ex-hippie grandparents, he liked hard drinking, hard rock, and tattoos. But once there he became intensely curious about Islam, wondering how the... More »

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Islam • Guantanamo Bay • soldier • Muslim convert • Terry Holdbrooks

(AP) - The White House acknowledged for the first time yesterday that President Obama may not be able to meet his stated goal of closing the much-criticized Guantanamo Bay prison by January. Daunting legal and logistical hurdles remain to moving the more than 220 detainees still there: completing reviews of each detainee's... More »

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Barack Obama • Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners

White House Counsel May Quit Over Gitmo Struggles

Craig taking heat as January closing deadline slips away

Sep 25, 09 4:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration's promise to close Guantanamo Bay within a year is in serious danger of being broken, and White House counsel Greg Craig may be leaving his post because of it, senior officials say. Craig ordered the January deadline after being advised not to by outgoing Bush administration officials... More »

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Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners • Obama administration • Guantanamo tribunals • White House counsel • Greg Craig

OPINION

 Closing Spruced-Up 
 Gitmo Would 
 Be a Waste 

Task force steams ahead with quality-of-living improvements

Sep 24, 09 1:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Money is being poured into improving the quality of life for Guantanamo detainees just as the government works toward closing the detention center, writes a puzzled Judith Miller after a tour. Recreation facilities and classrooms are being expanded, and inmates have access to satellite TV. Prisoners are given a choice... More »

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War on Terror • Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners • terror suspects • detainees

Gitmo Defendants Given
My Lai Massacre Film

Trials of 9/11 accused delayed for another 60 days

Sep 22, 09 4:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Guantanamo Bay prisoners accused of planning the 9/11 attacks asked for and were given copies of a film about the My Lai massacre, Reuters reports. The Guantanamo war crimes court was told during a hearing yesterday that Judgment: The Court Martial of Lt. William Calley, a 1975 courtroom drama about... More »

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Guantanamo Bay • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • Guantanamo prisoners • My Lai Massacre • 9/11 attacks • William Calley

 New Photo of 
 9/11 Mastermind 
 Used to Spur Jihad 

Red Cross photo of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed hits net

Sep 10, 09 7:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - The family of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed released new photos of the self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, and they've been showing up on sites used by al-Qaeda sympathizers to recruit terrorists. The images, taken by the Red Cross as part of its monitoring of Guantanamo Bay prisoners, are the... More »

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terrorism • September 11 • Guantanamo Bay • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • terrorist • Guantanamo prisoners • al-Qaeda • 9/11 attacks

OPINION

Bush Must Apologize
for Torture

Don't let subordinates take the fall, Sullivan urges former president

Sep 9, 09 8:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - The only way to remove the stain of torture from America's name is for the man who authorized it to step up and take responsibility, Atlantic editor Andrew Sullivan writes in an open letter to George W. Bush. Dodging blame while his subordinates take the fall—and watching the country... More »

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torture • Guantanamo Bay • waterboarding • terror suspects • George W. Bush • Mohammed al-Qahtani • enhanced interrogation techniques

(Newser) - A Guantanamo inmate recently released to his native Afghanistan after almost 7 years of detention plans to sue the US for damages, the AP reports. Mohammed Jawad is considered one of the youngest prisoners held at the Cuban base—he claims he was 12 at the time he was captured,... More »

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Afghanistan • torture • Department of Justice • Guantanamo Bay • lawsuit • detainee • punitive damages • Mohammed Jawad • Eric Montalvo

(Newser) - AG Eric Holder today named a special prosecutor to investigate allegations of torture against CIA operatives who interrogated terror suspects during the Bush administration, the Washington Post reports. John Durham, who is currently probing the destruction of interrogation tapes, will look into fewer than 12 cases detailed in a... More »

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Bush administration • CIA • torture • Department of Justice • Attorney General • Guantanamo Bay • John Durham • Leon Panetta • Eric Holder • Obama administration • President Obama • enhanced interrogation techniques • special prosecutor

(AP) - A newly declassified CIA report says interrogators threatened to kill the children of a Sept. 11 suspect. The document, released today by the Justice Department, says one interrogator said a colleague had told Khalid Sheikh Mohammed that if any other attacks happened in the United States, "We're going to... More »

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CIA • terrorism • September 11 • Guantanamo Bay • threats • detainee • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • interrogation

(Newser) - The Justice Department is seeking to determine if military defense attorneys for Guantanamo Bay detainees broke the law protecting classified material by showing prisoners photographs of covert CIA officers and contractors, reports the Washington Post. Three lawyers apparently used the photographs in an attempt to identify potential participants in abuses... More »

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CIA • ACLU • Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners

(Newser) - Obama administration officials are traveling to Michigan today to visit a maximum-security prison that could be used to hold some or all of the 229 terrorism suspects now at Guantanamo Bay, reports the Detroit News. Members of the Defense, Justice, and Homeland Security Departments are all touring the facility. Local... More »

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prison • Michigan • Guantanamo Bay • federal prison • Guantanamo prisoners • Obama administration • Standish Maximum Security Correctional Facility

(Newser) - The Obama administration is fighting to keep details secret in the case of a former Guantanamo detainee who says he was tortured, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. A San Francisco court has ruled Binyam Mohamed and four others can sue the company they allege flew them to secret CIA prisons—... More »

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CIA • rendition • torture • secret prisons • Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners • Binyam Mohamed

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