US Attorney General Eric Holder confirmed the Obama administration’s intention to close Guantánamo Bay in 2010 despite his belief that the facility is now well-run and that detainees are not abused.
US citizen and accused al-Qaeda member Christopher Paul was sentenced to 20 years in prison for conspiring to conduct a terrorist bombing campaign against targets in the US and Europe.
An appeals court in Paris overturned the terrorism convictions of five French nationals formerly detained at Guantánamo Bay, finding that they had been improperly questioned by French authorities at the camp.
International arms smuggler Monzer al-Kassar was sentenced to 30 years in prison for conspiring to sell millions of dollars worth of weapons to Colombia’s FARC guerillas.
Guantánamo detainee Binyam Mohammed was returned to the UK after being held for seven years. It is not known if he will be permitted to remain in Britain, which he accuses of involvement in his torture.
A report prepared for the Pentagon by US Navy Admiral Patrick Walsh under order of President Obama concluded that the Guantánamo Bay detention center meets the requirements of the Geneva Conventions.
Embracing a key argument of the Bush White House, the Obama administration told a federal judge that US military detainees in Afghanistan have no legal right to challenge their imprisonment.
A panel of the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit reversed an October district court order that called for the release of 17 Uighur detainees from Guantánamo Bay into the US.
Documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act confirm Defense Department involvement in the CIA’s “ghost detention” program, human rights groups including Amnesty International revealed.
A team of British officials flew into Guantánamo Bay to visit Binyam Mohamed, who has refugee status in the UK and is one of 41 Gitmo detainees on hunger strike, and one of 35 who are being force-fed.
Obama administration surprised a panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals by pressing ahead with a Bush-era argument for preserving state secrets in case concerning the torture of a Guantánamo Bay detainee.
Former vice president Dick Cheney warned Politico.com that there’s a “high probability” the US will get nuked by terrorists during President Obama’s watch.
