MiamiHerald.com: Closing the Camps

GOP lawmakers decry Obama decision to move terror trials

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:16 EST

Republican lawmakers Friday bitterly criticized President Barack Obama's decision to try accused terrorists in the United States and warned against moving detainees to South Carolina.

Prison camps closure roils S.C. politics

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:34 EST

It's one year before South Carolinians elect a new governor and the possibility that the Charleston Brig could house Guantánamo detainees is already roiling the race.

Guantánamo staffed for a 9th year -- even as it's emptied

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:15 EDT

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba -- The Puerto Rican National Guard is heading home soon, and soldiers from their Virgin Islands and Rhode Island counterparts are mobilizing for yearlong tours at the detention center President Barack Obama said he would shut in January.

Senators: Leavenworth off detainee relocation list

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:45 EDT

Kansas Sens. Sam Brownback and Pat Roberts said Wednesday they were "confident" that terrorist detainees from Guantánamo would not be relocated to Fort Leavenworth.

Emptying Guantánamo camps, one deal at a time

Sat, 01 Aug 2009 14:19 EDT

On May 20, the premier of Bermuda was paying his respects at the White House when he offered a lifeline to the Obama administration's struggle to find countries for some of Guantánamo's most stigmatized detainees.

Verbatim | Obama's May 2009 Detainee Policy speech

Thu, 21 May 2009 22:08 EDT

Transcript Of President Obama’s Speech About Guantánamo And Terrorism, May 21, 2009

After Guantánamo | What's Next?

Sun, 10 May 2009 11:22 EDT

No one is saying what the U.S. government will do next with its strategic base along the Windward Passage. But here are some suggestions that have surfaced in the past year.

GOP ratchets up debate over closing Guantánamo

Thu, 07 May 2009 18:04 EDT

Republicans have ratcheted up the debate over releasing Guantánamo detainees onto U.S. soil. Their plan: Give governors and state lawmakers veto power over any prisoner transfers or releases.

Governor: Keep Gitmo detainees out of Kansas

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:29 EST

Kansas' governor opposes any effort to move some 250 suspected terrorists being housed at Guantánamo Bay to Kansas and calls the entire detainee process "a huge black eye" for the United States.

French terrorism fight may offer Obama an alternative

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:09 EST

As President-elect Barack Obama prepares to revamp American counter-terrorism programs and close down the controversial prison camps at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, the incoming Democratic leader could find a few building blocks in what France calls its "fight against terror."

War court convict David Hicks set free in Australia

Fri, 28 Dec 2007 17:54 EST

Convicted al Qaeda foot soldier David Hicks has been freed from an Australian prison after completing a U.S.-imposed sentence for providing material support to terrorism.

Alleged al Qaeda chief at Guantánamo camp

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 11:31 EDT

The Pentagon moved an alleged Afghan al Qaeda leader to Guantánamo Bay, saying he helped smuggle foreign fighters between Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran and Iraq.

Britain seeks return of 5 from Guant�namo

Tue, 07 Aug 2007 13:36 EDT

In the midst of U.S. efforts to thin its Guantánamo prison population, Britain is asking the White House to free five former British residents who have been held for years as war-on-terror captives at the remote U.S. Navy base in southeast Cuba.

16 Saudi captives sent home from Gitmo

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 08:31 EDT

The United States has sent home to Saudi Arabia 16 men who had been held for years at the U.S. prison camps in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, the Saudi Press Agency reported Monday.

Guant�namo captive called himself jihadist

Tue, 01 May 2007 23:41 EDT

A Saudi found dead at Guantánamo was a self-described jihadist, but one who said he didn't seek to kill U.S. soldiers. He once served in the Saudi army.

Counseling for young militants

Sun, 29 Apr 2007 23:01 EDT

Saudi Arabia is offering terrorist suspects counseling, help finding jobs and even matchmaking in an effort to woo them from radical religion.

Key detainee to leave as another arrives

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 22:00 EDT

The Guantánamo prison seems no closer to closing: A prisoner pleaded guilty in an authorized criminal process, and the Bush administration transferred in a new prisoner.

Defenders take detainee's plea to cyberspace

Wed, 17 Jan 2007 23:29 EST

With legal challenges by Guantanamo detainees now frozen in the federal courts, what's a creative civil liberties lawyer to do?

Report: Countries illegally helped CIA

Thu, 08 Jun 2006 13:47 EDT

A new European report charges that more than 20 nations in some way helped the CIA abduct and imprison suspected Islamic terrorists in violation of European and international human rights accords.