Authorities in Spain have moved to suspend investigating magistrate Baltasar GarzĂłn—just as he has opened a probe of John “torture memo” Yoo and other Bush administration figures.
Four Guantánamo Bay detainees have been transferred to Albania and Spain, the US Department of Justice announced. There are still 188 remaining at the facility.
A judge ruled that the government can continue to hold indefinitely two Yemeni Guantánamo Bay detainees, even though the men had been cleared for release two years ago.
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project, on whether the law prohibiting material support to terrorism violates the First Amendment.
Two human rights groups released documents confirming that planes associated with the CIA’s “extraordinary rendition” program landed in Poland on six occasions in 2003.
The White House is considering a law to allow the indefinite detention of terrorist suspects to break a logjam with Congress over closure of Guantánamo, said Sen. Lindsey Graham.
A federal judge in Washington ruled that unlawful treatment and wrongful death claims brought on behalf of two Guantánamo detainees are barred by the Military Commissions Act.
Attorney General Eric Holder said that he hopes to hold a civilian trial for accused 9-11 conspirator Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, but that a military tribunal must be considered.
The UK’s appeal court ruled the government must disclose previously withheld text outlining the apparent torture of ex-Guantánamo Bay detainee Binyam Mohamed.
In the new Quadrennial Defense Review, the Pentagon abandons the long-held doctrine that the US must prepare to wage two simultaneous major wars—just as this scenario has come about.
A jury in New York convicted Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani woman with alleged ties to al-Qaeda, on charges of attempting to murder US personnel at an Afghan facility.
The Swiss Federal Council announced that it would accept two Uighur detainees from Guantánamo Bay, despite warnings from China that the move would hurt relations.
