Topic: Guantanamo Bay
The first Guantanamo trial of Barack Obama's presidency opened Tuesday with Canadian detainee Omar Khadr, who was captured by US troops in Afghanistan at age 15, facing a military tribunal. Khadr appeared in the court room dressed in western clothing and a ...
From indefinite detention of terror suspects, to closed military commissions, low transparency, and targeted drone hits: Barack Obama's administration and its security stands have raised eyebrows of many of those to his own left. Indeed, some fear he is following in the ...
The Obama administration plans to transfer a Guantanamo detainee to Yemen despite its ban on the repatriations due to security concerns in the Arab country, The Washington Post reported Saturday. The administration's January decision on Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the prison camp where ...
Mirandizing the political conversation: Obama administration gains a little breathing roomHammered for months by Republicans as soft on terrorism, Attorney General Eric Holder and the rest of the Obama administration are suddenly playing offense, offering to work with Congress on a law ...
Obama administration tries to block court review in case of 5 ethnic Chinese Muslims at GitmoThe Obama administration on Thursday sought to block further court review in the case of five Chinese Muslims held at Guantanamo Bay who want to be sent ...
A witchhunt orchestrated by George W. Bush supporters against government lawyers representing Guantanamo inmates has backfired, as conservatives joined the outcry against the McCarthy-like attacks. "Who are these government officials? Eric Holder would only name two. What's the secrecy behind the other ...
President Barack Obama appears near a compromise to allow military tribunals to move forward for the alleged September 11 plotters in exchange for a deal to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center. Influential Republican Senator Lindsey Lindsey Graham has offered a deal ...
Graham says he'll press his GOP colleagues to back Guantanamo closing if Obama backs tribunalsA Republican senator is offering the White House a deal on terror trials. Sen. Lindsey Graham says that if the president agrees to try alleged Sept. 11 mastermind ...
Human rights advocates voiced dismay Friday at signals President Barack Obama is considering a military tribunal for the September 11 plotters, backtracking on a plan for a civilian trial. The U-turn would reportedly be part of a compromise with Congress in hopes ...
No New York: White House may switch to military trial for 9/11 suspect Khalid Sheik MohammedLooking to breathe life into President Barack Obama's stalled pledge to close the Guantanamo Bay prison, White House advisers are inching toward recommending military trials for alleged ...
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