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June 18, 2019

Robert Charles: Time to close Guantanamo Bay? Democrats will say yes but I say, don’t even think of it

Should the United States shut down the Navy’s Guantanamo Bay Cuba detention facility, currently holding more than 40 hardened enemy combatants?

April 29, 2019

Guantanamo Bay prison commander fired over 'loss of confidence in his ability to command'

The commander of the task force that runs the prison at the U.S. Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has been fired, according to military officials.

April 16, 2019

Court tosses military panel proceedings against suspected USS Cole attack mastermind

A federal appeals court in Washington on Tuesday rejected yearslong proceedings against the accused mastermind of the October 2000 bombing of the USS Cole. The proceedings were conducted by a military commission at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

February 13, 2019

Lt. Col. Allen West: Makes me 'sick' US negotiating with five Taliban former Guantanamo detainees

Former congressman and retired Lt. Col. Allen West expressed his ‘disgust’ with recent reports Wednesday that five members of the Taliban negotiation team meeting with a United States envoy to end America’s war in Afghanistan are former Guantanamo Bay detainees released in 2014.

July 25, 2018

Sessions, Mattis accused of meddling in 9/11 case after AG objected to plea deal, fearing loss of death penalty option

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions allegedly objected last year to exploratory talks about a plea deal in the 9/11 case, fearing that could take the death penalty off the table for the alleged terrorists currently detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

June 26, 2018

US frees 9 Guantanamo prisoners, sends them to Saudi Arabia

Nine prisoners from Guantanamo Bay have been released and sent to Saudi Arabia for resettlement, the Defense Department announced Saturday.

May 4, 2018

Trump tweets about Bergdahl, alleged NYC attacker could affect case against alleged 9/11 conspirators, lawyers argue

President Donald Trump’s comments about a U.S. Army deserter and a suspected New York City terrorist sparked a debate Thursday at the pre-trial of the alleged conspirators of the 9/11 attacks.

May 2, 2018

Guantanamo convict released to Saudi Arabia in first prisoner transfer of Trump administration

A Saudi prisoner at the Guantanamo Bay detention center has been transferred to his native country to serve out his sentence, the Pentagon announced Wednesday.

April 27, 2018

US already fighting Al Qaeda before 9/11, military judge rules in landmark decision

The U.S. was already at war with Al Qaeda before hijacked planes hit the Twin Towers and Pentagon and crashed in Pennsylvania, a U.S. military judge presiding at the pretrial of alleged 9/11 attack plotter Khalid Sheik Mohammed and others ruled this week.

February 23, 2018

Trump orders Gitmo remain open, but may clear path for its closure

President Donald Trump recently ordered Guantanamo Bay to remain open indefinitely, making good on his tough campaign rhetoric on the embattled military prison.