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3 Feb 2016, 1:23 pm by Andrew Keane Woods
  Is it possible that Bucca was so badly managed because it did not receive the same scrutiny as Guantanamo Bay, which became a symbol of the Bush administration’s lawlessness? [read post]
3 Feb 2016, 12:16 pm by Andrea K. Schneider
  And the list of US policies that need to change was also outlined for us: end the embargo stop treating Cuban immigrants to the US differently from other immigrants (granting them refugee status when no other national group is and thereby encouraging them to leave) leave Guantanamo Bay–what lease lasts over 100 years!?! [read post]
29 Jan 2016, 11:34 am by Jim Walker
CNN reported that al Qaeda contemplated seizing a cruise ship, forcing the passengers to dress in orange Guantanamo Bay-like suits, and videotape their executions to inflict maximum terror on the public. [read post]
28 Jan 2016, 2:11 pm by Cody M. Poplin
The Guantanamo Bay diaspora, on a per capita basis, may be the most widespread in the world. [read post]
28 Jan 2016, 12:47 pm by Alex R. McQuade
Adding to drama on the Hill, the Hill tells us that Representative Lynn Jenkins (R-KS) wants a full accounting of exactly how much it would cost the United States to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba. [read post]
26 Jan 2016, 12:29 pm by Alex R. McQuade, Cody M. Poplin
The Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack on a government-run security checkpoint in the central Syrian city of Homs today. [read post]
25 Jan 2016, 10:54 am by Alex R. McQuade, Cody M. Poplin
The New York Times reports that the Pentagon has “asked the American Psychological Association to reconsider its ban on the involvement of psychologists in national security interrogations at the Guantanamo Bay prison and other facilities. [read post]
22 Jan 2016, 1:18 pm by Alex R. McQuade
” Three Guantanamo Bay detainees were cleared for release this week following 14 years of imprisonment in the detention facility. [read post]
22 Jan 2016, 7:59 am by Matthew Santiago
[JURIST] Two of three Guantanamo Bay detainees scheduled for release boarded a plane for transfer on Wednesday while the third detainee turned down the opportunity. [read post]
22 Jan 2016, 4:27 am by David Manners-Weber
Congress has effectively used the same tactic to stymie one of the Obama Administration’s most important foreign policy priorities – the closure of the detention center at Guantanamo Bay. [read post]
16 Jan 2016, 7:58 am by Alex R. McQuade
President Obama did, however, state his intentions to shut down Guantanamo Bay. [read post]
15 Jan 2016, 1:51 pm by Elina Saxena
Last night, the Fox Business Network hosted the sixth GOP primary debate of the 2016 campaign season in North Charleston, SC. [read post]
15 Jan 2016, 1:15 pm by Alex R. McQuade, Cody M. Poplin
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter has sent the White House a plan for how to close the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility in Cuba, Defense One reports. [read post]
14 Jan 2016, 1:31 pm by Alex R. McQuade, Cody M. Poplin
Agence France-Presse reports that ten Yemeni detainees previously held in Guantanamo Bay arrived in Oman today, officially bringing the detention center’s population down to 93. [read post]
14 Jan 2016, 8:01 am by William Helbling
[JURIST] The Foreign Ministry [official website] of Oman on Thursday reported [statement, in Arabic] that 10 Yemeni detainees from Guantanamo Bay arrived temporarily to Oman. [read post]
13 Jan 2016, 2:50 pm by David Bernstein
Perhaps the best example was not closing the Guantanamo Bay prison because of a law forbidding him to do so, but even that example comes with caveats. [read post]
13 Jan 2016, 2:35 pm by Cody M. Poplin
” The president also called for the closure of Guantanamo Bay, a new authorization for the use of military force against ISIS, the lifting of the Cuban embargo, and the passage of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. [read post]
13 Jan 2016, 8:57 am by Cody M. Poplin
While you can read the President's full comments on those subjects below, here’s a brief summary: The president called for the closure of Guantanamo Bay, a new authorization for the use of military force against ISIS, the lifting of the Cuban embargo, and the passage of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. [read post]
12 Jan 2016, 2:13 pm by Alex McQuade, Cody M. Poplin
Charlie Savage of the New York Times reports that the Pentagon yesterday repatriated Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohammad al Rahman al Shamrani to Saudi Arabia. [read post]
12 Jan 2016, 11:41 am by Brittany Felder
[JURIST] Human rights experts from the UN and the Organization for Security and Co-operation (OSCE) [official website] joined in sending an open letter [text, PDF] Monday urging the US government to shut down the detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay on its fourteenth anniversary. [read post]