President Obama delivered his plan to close Guantánamo Bay to Congress—to be immediately met by Republican opposition, with Ted Cruz calling for the facility's expansion.
In a letter to the Pentagon, Amnesty International says that Guantánamo detainee Mustafa al-Hawsawi, one of the accused 9-11 ring-leaders, is in desperate need of medical care.
Two Guantánamo detainees scheduled for release boarded a plane for transfer to third countries—while a third refused, demanding repatriation to his native Yemen.
A court in Lisbon ruled that a former CIA operative will be extradited to Italy to serve a seven-year sentence for her involvement in the 2003 "rendition" of an Egyptian suspect.
The transfer to Oman of 10 Yemeni men detained at Guantánamo Bay brings the number held at the facility to fewer than 100 for the first time since it opened after 9-11.
World War 4 Report offers its annual annotated assessment of Obama's moves in dismantling, continuing or escalating the apparatus of the Global War on Terrorism.
The last Kuwaiti held at Guantánamo, supposed Osama bin Laden advisor Faiz Mohammed Ahmed al-Kandari, was repatriated after years of pressure from Kuwait's government.
Two Yemeni men captured in Afghanistan and detained at Guantánamo Bay for 14 years have been released to Ghana, bringing the number held at the facility to 105.
According to a US government document, a man detained in Afghanistan and held without charge at Guantánamo Bay for 13 years was a victim of mistaken identity.
A federal appeals court ruled that the US government may keep secret memoranda related to the legal justification for the use of drones for targeted killings.
The last remaining British inmate at Guantánamo Bay, Shaker Aamer, was released to the UK, bringing the number detainees at the facility to 112.
The long-delayed Guantánamo tribunal against the 9-11 defendants continues to be mired in controversies and irregularities.
