December 20, 2015 Pentagon broke law with Bergdahl prisoner swap, government watchdog says A nonpartisan government watchdog agency said Thursday that the Pentagon broke the law when it swapped five Taliban leaders for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl earlier this year.
December 20, 2015 Fox News 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
