ӣƵ Poll December 20, 2015 ӣƵ Poll: Voters think Gitmo prisoners receive better health care than vets More Americans than not think the U.S. government gives better health care to militants captured in the war on terrorism than to U.S. troops who may have fought them on the battlefield.
Pentagon December 20, 2015 Bergdahl investigation wraps up; Top leaders get briefings The Army has finished its investigation into how and why Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl disappeared from his base in Afghanistan and plans to brief Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel this afternoon, officials said Friday.
September 11 December 20, 2015 9/11 hearing on skids following Senate report, FBI spying claims It is “highly unlikely” that the 9/11 military hearings scheduled to resume this week will do so amid new revelations in a report about treatment of detainees released by Senate Democrats last week and more recent accusations that the FBI enlisted a mole to spy on defense lawyers representing the accused terrorists, according to sources familiar with internal deliberations.
Appeals December 20, 2015 Government seeks more delay in release of Gitmo tapes The Justice Department is asking a federal appeals court to overturn a judge's decision to release 32 secret videotapes that show guards at Guantanamo Bay forcibly removing a detainee from his cell and subjecting him to forced feedings.
Guantanamo December 20, 2015 US to affirm that UN torture ban applies overseas The U.S. is telling the United Nations that it now considers a ban against torture to apply to prisoners held by the U.S. overseas.
Republicans December 20, 2015 Manchin, six other senators visiting Guantanamo Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia is one of seven U.S. senators taking a fact-finding trip to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Guantanamo December 20, 2015 Judge will allow force-feeding of Gitmo prisoner A federal judge has lifted a temporary restraining order that had stopped the U.S. military from force feeding a hunger-striking prisoner at Guantanamo Bay naval base, saying the man's life hangs in the balance.
Guantanamo December 20, 2015 Uruaguay open to taking some Guantanamo detainees Uruguay's president indicated Thursday he's open to taking some former terror suspects still held at Guantanamo, but the U.S. ambassador in the country cautioned that no agreement has been reached.
Guantanamo December 4, 2015 Closing Guantanamo: Americans must understand ramifications of what Obama wants to do Closing Guantanamo would be fraught with risk for both President Obama and Congress.
Guantanamo November 21, 2015 As Guantanamo lurches and stumbles, Obama finds quiet, steady terrorism policy in courts Four years after his failed effort to bring the 9/11 mastermind to New York for trial, President Barack Obama has reinstated the federal courthouse as America's preferred venue for prosecuting suspected terrorists.
Guantanamo May 7, 2015 Bowe Bergdahl prisoner swap just a pact with the devil? Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, America’s only prisoner of war, was reportedly in failing health after more than five years in captivity and negotiations to secure his release were urgent and laborious, but freeing five dangerous men to secure the release of one soldier could very well put this country in increased danger. What should we have done?