Tag: Guantanamo Bay

"What I can tell you is that unfortunately, there have been Americans who have died because of [released] Guantanamo detainees," Paul Lewis said. (AP Photo)

National Security

Official admits: Released Gitmo prisoners have killed Americans

Susan Crabtree · March 23, 2016 4:30 pm

About 8 percent of the Guantanamo Bay detainees released under the Obama administration are confirmed or suspected of re-engaging in terrorism because of strict standards for releases. (AP Photo/Ben Fox)

National Security

Royce says Obama tricking countries into taking Gitmo detainees

Jacqueline Klimas · March 23, 2016 2:46 pm

In this March 1, 2002 file photo, a detainee is escorted to interrogation by U.S. military guards at Camp X-Ray at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton, File)

Washington Secrets

House Chair: GITMO terrorists Obama wants released ‘committed to killing Americans’

Paul Bedard · March 22, 2016 5:42 pm

President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama greet children and families of U.S. embassy personnel in Havana, Cuba. Obama's trip is a crowning moment in his and Cuban President Raul Castro's ambitious effort to restore normal relations between their countries. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Poll: Most favor closer U.S.-Cuba ties

Kelly Cohen · March 21, 2016 12:32 pm

Warren said that the U.S. decides how it will handle Islamic State prisoners on a "case-by-case" basis. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

National Security

Pentagon not equipped to hold long-term Islamic State detainees

Jacqueline Klimas · March 11, 2016 1:57 pm

The Senate Armed Services Committee approved the nomination of Eric Fanning to serve as the next Army secretary. (U.S. Army photo by Monica King/Released)

National Security

Army secretary nomination advances to full Senate, where it faces hold over Gitmo

Jacqueline Klimas · March 10, 2016 4:16 pm

"The law currently prohibits a transfer to U.S. soil, and the president would have to work with Congress," Lynch told the Senate Judiciary Committee. "Congress would have to consider any relevant changes that could be made to the law before any transfers could be taken." (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

National Security

Lynch: No Gitmo transfers to U.S. without a law change

Kelly Cohen · March 9, 2016 3:57 pm

Despite the White House effort to downplay the report, it will likely give more fodder for GOP critics of President Obama's plan to release detainees to countries who agree to take them, and eventually shutter the Guantanamo Bay prison. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

WH brags: Only 5 percent of Gitmo detainees return to terrorism

Susan Crabtree · March 8, 2016 9:51 pm

Last month, the Obama administration released its plan to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay. (AP Photo/Ben Fox)

National Security

General on where new terror prisoners go: ‘I don’t know’

Jacqueline Klimas · March 8, 2016 4:17 pm

Watch: Lawmaker says Obama is ‘flying blind’ in terror fight

Sean Langille · March 4, 2016 7:03 pm

"ISIS continues to pose a dangerous threat to the U.S. and our allies," Ayotte said. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

National Security

Ayotte wants Islamic State detainee sent to Gitmo

Jacqueline Klimas · March 4, 2016 5:42 pm

"Too much is at stake for our president to unilaterally cede this base to a Castro regime that denies its people basic rights and freedoms, while allying with governments hostile to U.S. interests," said House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Ed Royce, R-Calif. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

GOP chairman looks to block return of Gitmo to Cuba

Kelly Cohen · March 3, 2016 8:08 pm