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31 Oct 2015, 6:48 am
Responding to arguments in favor of closing Guantanamo Bay’s detention facility, Jack argued that proponents of closing the facility make a weak case for the unconstitutionality of detainee transfer restrictions. [read post]
30 Oct 2015, 2:52 pm
Today, 113 detainees remain at Guantanamo Bay. [read post]
30 Oct 2015, 11:38 am
Leaders from over 17 countries, the European Union, and the United Nations opened talks in Vienna today to discuss the future of the Syrian conflict. [read post]
30 Oct 2015, 8:25 am
[JURIST] The US government's case against five Guantanamo Bay detainees will continue to move forward after a US military judge on Thursday determined that one of the defendants may not fire his defense lawyer [transcript, PDF]. [read post]
29 Oct 2015, 10:55 am
Breaking news from Capitol Hill this morning. [read post]
29 Oct 2015, 7:23 am
[JURIST] Guantanamo Bay prisoner Ahmed Ould Abdel Aziz was released from detention and sent back to his home country of Mauritania, the Department of Defense (DOD) [official website] announced [press release] on Thursday. [read post]
29 Oct 2015, 4:31 am
FORT MEADE — A military judge is deciding whether a Guantanamo Bay detainee charged in the Sept. 11 terrorist attack can fire his lead defense attorney. [read post]
28 Oct 2015, 8:30 pm
Dhiab, a Syrian national, was detained at Guantanamo Bay following his capture in Pakistan in 2002. [read post]
28 Oct 2015, 12:08 pm
In a potentially major shift, the Obama administration is weighing deploying U.S. ground troops to intensify efforts against the Islamic State. [read post]
28 Oct 2015, 5:23 am
[JURIST] A federal judge who had previously ordered the US to release a series of force-feeding videotapes from Guantanamo Bay [JURIST backgrounder] on Tuesday denied [opinion, PDF] a request by the government to reconsider the order. [read post]
27 Oct 2015, 4:34 pm
Schwinn, John Marshall Law School Judge Gladys Kessler (D.D.C.) denied the government's motion to reconsider her earlier ruling ordering the government to release videos of force-feedings at Guantanamo Bay. [read post]
27 Oct 2015, 12:31 pm
After weeks of anticipation, a U.S. naval vessel sailed near the Subi Reef in the South China Sea’s Spratly Islands, challenging China’s expansive maritime claims in the region. [read post]
24 Oct 2015, 6:14 pm
[JURIST] US President Barack Obama [official website] on Thursday vetoed the National Defense Authorization Act of 2016 (NDAA) [HR 1735, PDF] because military defense spending would exceed caps set under the Budget Control Act of 2011 [text, PDF] and the NDAA would restrict the transfer of detainees held at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
24 Oct 2015, 5:32 am
Explaining the decision, the President suggests that the NDAA falls short by maintaining the sequester that inhibits stable military funding, by preventing reforms that would help the U.S. military to modernizing, and by hindering the closure of Guantanamo Bay. [read post]
23 Oct 2015, 12:42 pm
The Pentagon has released the name of the American serviceman killed in the recent raid in Iraq that rescued more than 70 hostages scheduled to be executed by ISIS. [read post]
23 Oct 2015, 6:45 am
I’m writing from Guantánamo Bay, where pre-trial proceedings in the military commissions prosecution of the 9/11 defendants have restarted after an 18-month delay. [read post]
22 Oct 2015, 5:50 pm
Based on the need for translators to complete a last-minute assignment, Judge Pohl cancelled a pre-trial hearing scheduled for Wednesday in the military commission trial of five Guantanamo Bay detainees accused of orchestrating the September 11th attacks. [read post]
22 Oct 2015, 5:50 pm
Based on the need for translators to complete a last-minute assignment, Judge Pohl cancelled a pre-trial hearing scheduled for Wednesday in the military commission trial of five Guantanamo Bay detainees accused of orchestrating the September 11th attacks. [read post]
22 Oct 2015, 2:10 pm
The president had repeatedly promised to send the legislation back to Congress on the grounds that it exceeds budget caps by providing funding through an Overseas Contingency Operations fund and includes restrictions that make it more difficult to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay. [read post]
22 Oct 2015, 12:17 pm
The Wall Street Journal reports that President Barack Obama is expected to veto the $612 billion NDAA today based on objections to how the military is funded and measures designed to block the closure of the detention facility on Guantanamo Bay. [read post]
