In a new test of the reach of the Guantánamo war court, a military judge has ordered three civilian lawyers who quit the USS Cole defense team to come to court at the remote U.S. Navy base in Cuba next week. Attorneys Rick Kammen, Rosa Eliades and Mary Spears quit their jobs on Oct. 11 […]
Trump Administration Moves to Keep Full CIA ‘Torture’ Report Secret…
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has begun returning to Congress copies of a voluminous 2014 report describing the CIA’s harsh detention and interrogation programs, U.S. officials said on Friday. The Trump administration’s move means it could be more difficult for the full, 6,700-page report to be made public, because documents held by Congress are exempt […]
Hiding the Ugly Business of U.S. Torture by Ray McGovern…
Trump Nominates ‘Torture Memo’ Author to Administration Post…
KEEPER: The Torture Database…
GTMO at the End of the Obama Administration: 31 Uncharged Detainees Remain…
With last week’s transfer of four more detainees to the UAE and Saudi Arabia, President Obama will leave office tomorrow with 31 uncharged individuals remaining detained at the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base, potentially for the duration of U.S. hostilities with al Qaeda. (Ten others have been charged in the military commissions system, of whom seven […]
Oman Accepts 10 Guantanamo Bay Detainees…
Oman has accepted 10 inmates from the US prison at Guantanamo Bay in advance of President Barack Obama leaving office, the country’s foreign ministry announced. There was no immediate word from the US defence department about the transfer. Oman on Monday said it accepted the prisoners at Obama’s request. It did not name the prisoners…
Wondering and Waiting at Guantánamo Bay…
It’s Saturday at the communal prison for cooperative captives, and Donald Trump’s inauguration is more than a month away. A Yemeni detainee inside a cellblock is waving a piece of artwork depicting a question mark at his guards through one-way glass. It has a padlock for a dot…
Miami Herald Journalist Sues Defense Department Over Guantánamo Staffing Data…
One of the country’s leading reporters on the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is suing the Pentagon over its delay in providing figures for staffing levels at the controversial facility…
‘Guantánamo Diary’ Author Released After 14 Years Without Charge…
After unlawfully imprisoning our client Mohamedou Ould Slahi at Guantánamo for 14 years without charge or trial, the U.S. government has finally released him. He is now home in his native Mauritania…