...But those figures are up for debate, given the difficulties of tracking and confirming the activities of detainees after they’ve left the prison. The office of the Director National Intelligence,...
Wells Dixon, senior staff attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights, discusses President Trump’s move to keep open the controversial military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. He speaks with...
...“I have no doubt terrorist groups like ISIS will applaud Trump’s announcement that it is now the formal policy of the United States to detain Muslims forever without charge in an offshore prison...
...Practically speaking, Trump's order won't do much, Obama's Guantanamo envoy, Lee Wolosky, tells The Associated Press . "But as a symbolic matter, it changes a great deal because the two presidents...
Janine Jackson: January 11 marked 16 years since the opening of the military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, specifically designed to be beyond the reach of US law and away from public view, holding...
...Civil liberties groups immediately denounced the executive order, and the Center for Constitutional Rights said it would file a legal challenge. “In trying to give new life to a prison that...
...But the Center for Constitutional Rights, which filed a federal court brief this month seeking the release of 11 Gitmo detainees, said Mr. Trump ’s executive order “is not the last word.” “It is...
...European allies, Muslim leaders and other critics have been vehemently opposed to how detainees have been held at Guantanamo for decades without charge. "I have no doubt terrorist groups like ISIS...
...“The Trump administration is making a signature departure from the political and diplomatic consensus that once existed, that it’s necessary and, indeed, imperative to the national security of the...
... Below is the text of the letter sent to Defense Secretary James Mattis. Click here to download the pdf, including footnotes, of the Guantánamo Bay letter . ... Sincerely, Beth D. Jacob Counsel...
