Guantanamo Bay: Trump administration officials signal intent to refill Cuban prison with 'bad dudes'
7 years, 8 months ago

Guantanamo Bay: Trump administration officials signal intent to refill Cuban prison with 'bad dudes'

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Plans appear to be under way to begin fulfilling Donald Trump’s promise to pack US’s Guantanamo Bay prison with “bad dudes”. Last week US Attorney General Jeff Sessions and his deputy Rod Rosenstein visited the detention camp in Cuba, along with National Intelligence Director Dan Coats, to gain “an up-to-date understanding of current operations”, the Justice Department said. And I think the fact is that a lot of the criticisms have just been totally exaggerated.” Former detainee Mohamedou Ould Slahi wrote a memoir about his time in the prison camp, describing being sexually assaulted by women interrogators, blindfolded, beaten, shackled and deprived of water.

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Pete Hegseth's daunting illegal migrant Guantánamo Bay warning
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Pete Hegseth's daunting illegal migrant Guantánamo Bay warning

Daily Mail  

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a staunch warning to illegal immigrants even as he defended their treatment at the infamous Guantánamo Bay detention facility. 'It's an incredibly professional operation,' said Hegseth, who served as a US Army lieutenant at Guantanamo Bay from 2004 to 2005. And as Hegseth toured the facility for the first time as the Secretary of Defense, …

White House defends inhumane treatment of migrants sent to Guantanamo Bay: ‘It’s a promise the president campaigned on’
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1 month ago

White House defends inhumane treatment of migrants sent to Guantanamo Bay: ‘It’s a promise the president campaigned on’

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The White House is responding to reports that deported migrants …

Trump news: The president wants to write a new chapter in Guantánamo’s shameful history.
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump news: The president wants to write a new chapter in Guantánamo’s shameful history.

Slate  

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. In a shabbily drafted and characteristically vague memorandum, titled “Expanding Migrant Operations Center at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay to Full Capacity,” Trump fantastically proclaims he will “halt the border invasion, dismantle criminal cartels, and restore national sovereignty.” Defense Secretary …

'Barbaric act': Cuban president among many condemning use of Guantánamo to hold immigrants
1 month, 3 weeks ago

'Barbaric act': Cuban president among many condemning use of Guantánamo to hold immigrants

Raw Story  

President Donald Trump’s administration was sending undocumented immigrants apprehended at the Southern border to the U.S. “We have 30,000 beds in Guantánamo to detain the worst criminal aliens threatening the American people,” Trump said last week. “Sending immigrants to Guantánamo is a profoundly cruel, costly move,” Amnesty International’s Director of Refugee and Migrant Rights, Amy Fischer, posted on X. Shut …

Trump’s Gitmo Detention Center Would Be Bigger Than History’s Worst Concentration Camps
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump’s Gitmo Detention Center Would Be Bigger Than History’s Worst Concentration Camps

Slate  

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. In a press conference on Wednesday, President Donald Trump announced that his administration will build a 30,000-bed detention center in Guantanamo Bay. If the Trump administration actually builds the detention camp in Guantanamo, it’ll double in size Auschwitz-Birkenau’s original …

Guantanamo deportations: What’s Trump’s plan? Why is it controversial?
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Guantanamo deportations: What’s Trump’s plan? Why is it controversial?

Al Jazeera  

The US president wants to send unauthorised immigrants to Guantanamo Bay, a prison notorious for the abuse of inmates. United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order that seeks to repurpose Guantanamo Bay, a US prison in Cuba, into a detention centre for unauthorised immigrants. This order directs the US secretaries of defence and homeland security to …

Trump Orders Construction Of Migrant Detention Facility In Guantanamo Bay: 'Tough Place To Get Out'
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump Orders Construction Of Migrant Detention Facility In Guantanamo Bay: 'Tough Place To Get Out'

ABP News  

US President Donald Trump has ordered the construction of a migrant detention facility in Guantanamo Bay to house "worst criminal illegal aliens threatening the American people". He said the facility at the US Navy base in Cuba which would be separate from its high-security military prison would hold as many as 30,000 people, reported BBC. On Wednesday, Trump's "border tsar" …

Donald Trump signs Laken Riley Act, says he’ll send ’worst criminal aliens’ to Guantanamo
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Donald Trump signs Laken Riley Act, says he’ll send ’worst criminal aliens’ to Guantanamo

The Hindu  

President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed the Laken Riley Act into law, giving federal authorities broader power to deport immigrants in the U.S. illegally who have been accused of crimes. “Some of them are so bad that we don’t even trust the countries to hold them because we don’t want them coming back, so we’re gonna send ’em out to …

Trump to open detention centre in Guantanamo Bay for 'worst criminal aliens'
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump to open detention centre in Guantanamo Bay for 'worst criminal aliens'

India Today  

President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed the Laken Riley Act into law, giving federal authorities broader power to deport immigrants in the US illegally who have been accused of crimes. “Guantanamo Bay’s abusive history speaks for itself and in no uncertain terms will put people’s physical and mental health in jeopardy,” Stacy Suh, program director of Detention Watch Network, said …

Guantanamo to hold ‘illegal aliens’: The Constitution v The President, 2.0
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Guantanamo to hold ‘illegal aliens’: The Constitution v The President, 2.0

Al Jazeera  

These days there is a sense that Washington, DC, along with most of the Western world, has transported back to the 1930s, when fascism was openly on the march. One consequence of the Spanish-American War of 1898 was the independence of Cuba from its European colonial masters, but it came at a price: in 1901, the US wrote an amendment …

What is Guantánamo Bay? A closer look at the base Donald Trump wants to use for 'criminal aliens'
1 month, 3 weeks ago

What is Guantánamo Bay? A closer look at the base Donald Trump wants to use for 'criminal aliens'

India Today  

President Donald Trump, who made the deportation of immigrants a central part of his campaign and presidency, said Wednesday that the U.S. will use a detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to hold tens of thousands of the “worst criminal aliens.” “We’re going to send them out to Guantánamo,” Trump said at the signing of the Laken Riley Act. Here’s …

What to know about Guantánamo Bay, the base where Trump will send ‘criminal aliens’
1 month, 3 weeks ago

What to know about Guantánamo Bay, the base where Trump will send ‘criminal aliens’

Associated Press  

President Donald Trump, who made the deportation of immigrants a central part of his campaign and presidency, said Wednesday that the U.S. will use a detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to hold tens of thousands of the “worst criminal aliens.” “We’re going to send them out to Guantánamo,” Trump said at the signing of the Laken Riley Act. Share …

While signing Laken Riley Act, Trump says he’ll send ‘worst criminal aliens’ to Guantanamo
1 month, 3 weeks ago

While signing Laken Riley Act, Trump says he’ll send ‘worst criminal aliens’ to Guantanamo

Associated Press  

▶ Follow live updates on President Donald Trump’s return to Washington WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed the Laken Riley Act into law, giving federal authorities broader power to deport immigrants in the U.S. illegally who have been accused of crimes. “Guantanamo Bay’s abusive history speaks for itself and in no uncertain terms will put people’s physical and …

"Tough place to get out of": Trump announces plans to hold detained immigrants at Guantanamo Bay
1 month, 3 weeks ago

"Tough place to get out of": Trump announces plans to hold detained immigrants at Guantanamo Bay

Salon  

Donald Trump stepped up his assault on migrants on Wednesday evening, announcing plans to hold detained immigrants at the notorious military prison at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay. Expecting a glut of immigrants in detention, Trump signed a memo ordering the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Defense to prepare the prison to hold 30,000 additional detainees. Cuban President …

Trump directs Guantanamo Bay to be prepared to host up to 30,000 migrants
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump directs Guantanamo Bay to be prepared to host up to 30,000 migrants

CNN  

CNN — President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum directing the federal government to prepare the US Naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to house tens of thousands of migrants. The memorandum calls for the Defense and Homeland Security Departments to provide additional detention space at Guantanamo for “high-priority criminal aliens unlawfully present in the United States.” “Most people …

US President Trump to transfer undocumented immigrants to Guantanamo
1 month, 3 weeks ago

US President Trump to transfer undocumented immigrants to Guantanamo

Al Jazeera  

The Guantanamo Bay detention centre has garnered a reputation for human rights abuses during the US ‘war on terror’. President Donald Trump has announced plans to transform the United States detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, into a holding centre for undocumented immigrants. Trump had campaigned for a second term on the promise of leading a “mass deportation” campaign, targeting …

Biden's Guantánamo legacy 'one step forward, several steps backwards'
2 months, 1 week ago

Biden's Guantánamo legacy 'one step forward, several steps backwards'

NPR  

Biden's Guantánamo legacy 'one step forward, several steps backwards' toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Like Barack Obama before him, Joe Biden vowed to try to shut down the U.S. military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. When Biden first came into office, "there was a sense of aggressive movement" on working to shutter the prison and resolve its remaining legal cases, …

US releases Guantanamo Bay prisoner held since day 1
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2 months, 3 weeks ago

US releases Guantanamo Bay prisoner held since day 1

The Independent  

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More terrorists are being shipped out of Guantanamo Bay after admitting to their roles in Asian bombing
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3 months, 1 week ago

More terrorists are being shipped out of Guantanamo Bay after admitting to their roles in Asian bombing

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The U.S. has transferred two Malaysian detainees at …

Defense Secretary strips Guantánamo official of power to reach settlements, after 9/11 plotter controversy
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Defense Secretary strips Guantánamo official of power to reach settlements, after 9/11 plotter controversy

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin revoked the authority of the official …

Biden Administration Ramping up Efforts to Close Guantanamo Bay Prison: Report
2 years, 6 months ago

Biden Administration Ramping up Efforts to Close Guantanamo Bay Prison: Report

News 18  

The Biden administration is taking steps to close US’ Guantanamo Bay prison, the Wall Street Journal said in a report. The administration may not interfere with plea negotiations that could resolve the long-stalled prosecution of alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four co-defendants, the WSJ said in the report. However, the decision to close down the detention facility could …

Senate Republicans Plot Ugly Attacks On Ketanji Brown Jackson For Gitmo Work
3 years ago

Senate Republicans Plot Ugly Attacks On Ketanji Brown Jackson For Gitmo Work

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson are set to begin Monday, and Republicans are already signaling their plan to attack her for providing legal representation to people imprisoned at Guantánamo Bay. “That concept is fundamentally American, going back to John Adams’ representation of the British soldiers after the Boston Massacre,” said Alka Pradhan, …

Biden's low profile on Guantanamo rankles as prison turns 20
3 years, 2 months ago

Biden's low profile on Guantanamo rankles as prison turns 20

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. That has led to increased skepticism about Biden’s approach as the administration completes its …

Guantánamo Bay detention camp marks 20 years: History and controversy surrounding US prison
3 years, 2 months ago

Guantánamo Bay detention camp marks 20 years: History and controversy surrounding US prison

Firstpost  

The military prison, which was established on 11 January 2002 and still holds 39 inmates, is notorious for carrying out torture and has been called ’national disgrace' Twenty years ago to this date, the United States opened Guantánamo Bay detention camp, a detention centre run by its Navy to house the first inmates from America’s ‘war on terror’. Torture used …

Biden’s low profile on Guantanamo rankles as prison turns 20
3 years, 2 months ago

Biden’s low profile on Guantanamo rankles as prison turns 20

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Advocates for closing the Guantanamo Bay detention center were optimistic when President Joe Biden took office. That has led to increased skepticism about Biden’s approach as the administration completes its first year and the detention center reaches a milestone Tuesday — the 20th anniversary of the first prisoners’ arrival. “President Biden has stated his intention to close Guantanamo …

Ex-Maryland man who joined al-Qaida sentenced at Guantanamo
3 years, 4 months ago

Ex-Maryland man who joined al-Qaida sentenced at Guantanamo

Associated Press  

— A military jury imposed a sentence of 26 years Friday on a former Maryland man who admitted joining al-Qaida and has been held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center. The sentencing of Majid Khan is the culmination of the first trial by military commission for one of the 14 so-called high-value detainees who were sent to the U.S. naval …

Why is Guantanamo Bay prison still open 20 years after 9/11?
3 years, 6 months ago

Why is Guantanamo Bay prison still open 20 years after 9/11?

Al Jazeera  

The fate of 39 detainees who are still being held rests with US President Joe Biden, who has pledged to close the prison. In the nearly 20 years since, the notorious military prison at Guantanamo has become a symbol of US human rights abuses. “The fact that the prison remains open 20 years later is because of US partisan politics …

Guantanamo prison lingers, an unresolved legacy of 9/11
3 years, 6 months ago

Guantanamo prison lingers, an unresolved legacy of 9/11

Associated Press  

NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba — President Joe Biden turned the page on one legacy of 9/11 by ending the war in Afghanistan. “The fact that Biden, at least, is saying the right things has given people hope,” said Clive Stafford Smith, a lawyer who was recently making his 40th trip to Guantanamo Bay, seeing prisoners he hadn’t been able …

Guantanamo Bay: Inside the world’s most notorious detention centre as the war on terror fades away
3 years, 8 months ago

Guantanamo Bay: Inside the world’s most notorious detention centre as the war on terror fades away

The Independent  

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In step to shut Guantanamo, Biden transfers Moroccan home
3 years, 8 months ago

In step to shut Guantanamo, Biden transfers Moroccan home

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration took a step toward its goal of shutting down the Guantánamo Bay detention center for terror suspects Monday, releasing into the custody of his home country a Moroccan who’d been held without charge almost since the U.S. opened the facility 19 years ago. Nasser’s attorney in Morocco, Khalil Idrissi, said the years Nasser spent in …

High court to hear Guantanamo prisoner’s state secrets case
3 years, 10 months ago

High court to hear Guantanamo prisoner’s state secrets case

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will decide whether a Palestinian man captured in the wake of 9/11 and detained at the prison on the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay can get access to information the government classifies as state secrets. Zubaydah and his lawyer want to question two former CIA contractors about the operation of a secret CIA facility in …

US Supreme Court to hear Palestinian Guantanamo prisoner’s case
3 years, 11 months ago

US Supreme Court to hear Palestinian Guantanamo prisoner’s case

Al Jazeera  

Abu Zubaydah wants to question two former CIA contractors who allegedly tortured him in Poland. Zubaydah and his lawyer want to question two former CIA contractors, James Mitchell and Bruce Jessen, about the operation of a secret CIA facility in Poland where they say Zubaydah was held and tortured. A Supreme Court document details how Zubaydah was held in various …

White House weighs shutdown of Guantanamo prison
4 years, 1 month ago

White House weighs shutdown of Guantanamo prison

Al Jazeera  

The offshore jail symbolises the excesses of the US ‘war on terror’ because of harsh interrogation methods and torture. The Biden administration has launched a formal review of the future of the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, reviving the Obama-era goal of closing the notorious facility, a White House official said on Friday. Aides involved in internal …

Guantanamo: Biden administration says it intends to close prison
4 years, 1 month ago

Guantanamo: Biden administration says it intends to close prison

CNN  

CNN — The Biden administration intends to close the Guantánamo Bay detention facility, which houses approximately 40 prisoners, by the end of their term. When asked by a reporter during a press briefing on Friday if the prison would be closed by the time President Joe Biden leaves office, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said, “That’s certainly our goal …

US military announces trial for trio detained at Guantanamo Bay suspected of Indonesia terror attacks
4 years, 2 months ago

US military announces trial for trio detained at Guantanamo Bay suspected of Indonesia terror attacks

ABC  

After an unexplained delay, the US Department of Defense has announced plans to move ahead with a military trial for three men held at a base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who are suspected of involvement in deadly bombings in Indonesia in 2002 and 2003. Key points: Charges have been brought against alleged Bali bombing mastermind Hambali and two Malaysian men …

Far-right outlet wants Donald Trump's critics and journalists to be "waterboarded" at Guantanamo Bay
6 years, 1 month ago

Far-right outlet wants Donald Trump's critics and journalists to be "waterboarded" at Guantanamo Bay

Salon  

The revelation that former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe authorized a national security investigation in President Donald Trump has driven the president and his supporters into a fury, reopening longstanding narratives about how there was a “Deep State” plot to overthrow him from the very beginning. Trump himself raged on Twitter Monday that McCabe was plotting a “coup” and guilty …

What good is America’s constitution if Guantanamo Bay still exists?
6 years, 4 months ago

What good is America’s constitution if Guantanamo Bay still exists?

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The officer …

Donald Trump's Guantanamo
7 years, 1 month ago

Donald Trump's Guantanamo

ABC  

When Donald Trump announced to the world he was keeping the Guantanamo Bay detention centre open, some of the inmates watched it live on the television sets in their cell blocks. "The detainees as a whole are happy to see things in the news about Guantanamo," Colonel Stephen E Gabvacis, commander of the Joint Detention Group, says. "They don't care …

I was a Guantanamo detainee – this is what I think of Trump's plan to keep it open
7 years, 1 month ago

I was a Guantanamo detainee – this is what I think of Trump's plan to keep it open

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Earlier this month, the US government …

Trump order to keep Guantanamo open ‘sheer stupidity’
7 years, 1 month ago

Trump order to keep Guantanamo open ‘sheer stupidity’

Al Jazeera  

Donald Trump’s decision to keep Guantanamo Bay prison open means dozens of detainees will stay behind bars, lawyer says. “Donald Trump’s a moron if he thinks Guantanamo should remain open because it keeps us more safe or improves our standing in the world,” said Wells Dixon, a staff lawyer at the Center for Constitutional Justice, a US-based legal advocacy group. …

The Prison at Guantanamo Bay Was Going to Stay Open Whether Trump Demanded It or Not
7 years, 1 month ago

The Prison at Guantanamo Bay Was Going to Stay Open Whether Trump Demanded It or Not

Slate  

In his State of the Union address, President Trump announced that he had “just signed an order directing Secretary Mattis to re-examine our military detention policy and to keep open the detention facilities at Guantánamo Bay.” This could mean a lot, or absolutely nothing. The executive order signed on Tuesday rescinds Obama’s order closing the base and states that the …

Trump signs order to keep Guantanamo military prison open
7 years, 1 month ago

Trump signs order to keep Guantanamo military prison open

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a new executive order to keep open the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, marking a formal reversal of his predecessor’s eight-year effort to shut it down. They are unlawful enemy combatants.” “In the past, we have foolishly released hundreds and hundreds of dangerous terrorists only to meet them again on the …

Torture still being carried out at Guantanamo Bay despite US denials, says UN investigator
7 years, 3 months ago

Torture still being carried out at Guantanamo Bay despite US denials, says UN investigator

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy An independent UN human …

Men due to leave Gitmo under Obama seem stuck under Trump
7 years, 3 months ago

Men due to leave Gitmo under Obama seem stuck under Trump

Associated Press  

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — Abdellatif Nasser got what he thought was the best news possible in the summer of 2016: One of his lawyers called him at the Guantanamo Bay detention center and told him that the U.S. decided he no longer posed a threat and could go home to Morocco. Obama sought to close the detention center …

Judge pushes U.S. to explain why it’s holding an American citizen in secret in Iraq
7 years, 3 months ago

Judge pushes U.S. to explain why it’s holding an American citizen in secret in Iraq

LA Times  

A member of the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces walks inside a prison in Raqqa, Syria. In a case that defense lawyers warned could create a “constitutional black hole,” a federal judge expressed exasperation Thursday at the U.S. government’s secret detention of an American citizen in Iraq for more than two months. “This is the nightmare scenario, where the government has …

US attorney general confident in terror prosecutions
7 years, 4 months ago

US attorney general confident in terror prosecutions

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Attorney General Jeff Sessions expressed confidence on Thursday that the U.S. justice system can handle terror suspects like the man charged in the deadly truck attack in lower Manhattan. Speaking to members of law enforcement a few blocks from the scene of attack, Sessions also said Guantanamo Bay would remain in the anti-terror mix. “And they can …

Jeff Sessions: Gitmo option remains open in dealing with all terrorists
7 years, 4 months ago

Jeff Sessions: Gitmo option remains open in dealing with all terrorists

Associated Press  

Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Thursday the Trump administration will keep open its option to prosecute terrorists in military tribunals at Guantanamo Bay, and he expressed support for the plan to abolish the Diversity Visa Lottery program. And third, we need to lawfully, aggressively surveil non-citizen terrorists overseas.” New York terrorist suspect Sayfullo Saipov came to the U.S. from Uzbekistan …

Plenty Of Room At Guantanamo Bay For Trump's 'Bad Dudes'
8 years, 1 month ago

Plenty Of Room At Guantanamo Bay For Trump's 'Bad Dudes'

NPR  

Plenty Of Room At Guantanamo Bay For Trump's 'Bad Dudes' Enlarge this image toggle caption David Welna/NPR David Welna/NPR If President Trump wants to keep his promise to send new detainees to the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, there's plenty of room. The first thing that strikes you about Guantanamo's officially designated "Detention Center" is how provisional the place still …

'We Should Have Pushed Harder': Obama's Gitmo Czars Reflect On His Failure To Close The Prison
8 years, 2 months ago

'We Should Have Pushed Harder': Obama's Gitmo Czars Reflect On His Failure To Close The Prison

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING On his first day in office, President Barack Obama signed an executive order directing that the Guantanamo Bay prison facility “be closed as soon as practicable, and no later than one year from the date of this order.” The prison camp on the island of Cuba had come to symbolize the abuses of the war on terror. …

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