Guantanamo
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Trump Considered Transferring Infected Americans to Guantanamo Bay, Book Says
“Don’t we have an island that we own?” Trump reportedly asked his staff during a February 2020 meeting in the Situation Room
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Taibbi: Trump's CIA Pick Took Part in Silencing Torture Suspect
An ACLU lawsuit suggests the president's nominee for CIA director, Gina Haspel, has a questionable attitude toward due process
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Meet Gina Haspel, Trump's CIA Pick Who Oversaw Torture
As director of a CIA black site in 2002, Haspel oversaw some of the first "enhanced interrogations" in the War on Terror – now she might run the CIA
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Why a Guantanamo Detainee Would Refuse a Chance to Leave
"His decision may have been tragic, but there was more to it," says attorney who met with Mohammed Bawazir
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Why Obama's Plan for Closing Guantanamo Is Unjust
Legal director for the Center for Constitutional Rights argues the president's plan is so flawed as to ultimately darken his legacy
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Inside Gitmo: America's Shame
Fifteen years of pain and suffering outside the rule of law — why can't we close the prison at Guantanamo Bay?
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Obama Administration 'Senselessly' Fights Release of Guantanamo Hunger Striker
New York Times editorial criticizes the administration for not releasing prisoner who's been held for 13 years without being charged
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Tariq Ba Odah's Eight-Year Hunger Strike at Guantanamo Bay
Ba Odah has been held at the notorious prison for more than 13 years, despite being cleared for release by top national security agencies
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Pete Townshend Releases Political New Song 'Guantanamo' for 70th Birthday
"I thought this song might never see the light of day," Townshend says of 'Truancy: The Very Best of Pete Townshend' track
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Freedom by PowerPoint: A Guantanamo 'Forever Prisoner' Seeks Transfer
Detainee Ali Ahmad Mohamed al-Razihi asks to go home to Yemen
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