US Defense Secretary says Gitmo closing unlikely
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said at a congressional hearing that the Guantánamo Bay prison camp is unlikely to be closed any time soon because of security concerns.
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said at a congressional hearing that the Guantánamo Bay prison camp is unlikely to be closed any time soon because of security concerns.
Sudanese Guantánamo Bay detainee Noor Uthman Mohammed pleaded guilty before a military tribunal to charges of collaborating with al-Qaeda in Afghanistan.
The Pentagon has reduced the sentence of Ibrahim al-Qosi, the accused former al-Qaeda cook who pleaded guilty before a military tribunal, under terms of a secret plea deal.
The City Council of Berkeley, Calif., is to vote this week on a resolution to invite Guantánamo Bay detainees who have been cleared of wrongdoing to resettle in the town.
The Center for Constitutional Rights said the death of a Guantánamo Bay detainee highlights problems of the Obama administration’s policy of permanent detention.
The US is conducting a manhunt for a previously unknown cell believed to be involved in the planning of the 9-11 attacks, according to a US cable released by WikiLeaks.
An Italian court convicted former Guantánamo Bay detainee Mohamed Ben Riadh Nasri on terror charges and sentenced the Tunisian man to six years in prison.
Which is more maddening: that an Australian court imprisoned a “Palestine solidarity activist” for spewing Jew-hatred at a rally, or that his spewing was tolerated by the “activists”?
The US is doing away with the color-coded terrorism alerts adopted in the wake of 9-11—just as Russia is adopting such a system in response to the Moscow airport attack.
World War 4 Report offers an annotated assessment of Obama’s moves in dismantling, continuing or escalating the oppressive apparatus of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT).
The Obama administration may increase its use of controversial military commissions for Guantánamo Bay detainees, according to a New York Times report.
The US Department of Defense announced that Guantánamo Bay detainee Farhi Saeed Bin Mohammed was transfered to his native Algeria pursuant to a court order.