Tag: Guantanamo Bay

Call participants stressed that conservatives have led the way in enacting reforms at the state level. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

National Security

Cotton to detainees: Life after Gitmo won’t be so ‘cushy’

Jacqueline Klimas · December 8, 2015 7:43 pm

Scholar: closing Gitmo about politics, not the law

Nicole Duran · December 7, 2015 5:01 am

The Guantanamo Review Task Force in 2010 deemed 48 detainees as "too dangerous to transfer but not feasible for prosecution." (AP Photo/Ben Fox)

Obama looks to sidestep Gitmo fight by transferring detainees

Nicole Duran · December 5, 2015 1:52 am

Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., said Tuesday that the recent release of Gitmo detainees occurred just four-and-a-half hours after French officials raided the Bataclan to stop an attack there. (AP Photo)

National Security

GOP senator raps White House for Gitmo release after Paris attack

Jacqueline Klimas · December 1, 2015 4:26 pm

President Obama said "under certain circumstances" the Guantanamo ban "would violate constitutional separation of powers principles." (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Beltway Confidential

Byron York: The coming battle over Guantanamo and the imperial presidency

Byron York · November 30, 2015 9:34 pm

President Barack Obama, accompanied by President Francois Hollande of France, pauses while speaking during a joint press conference in the East Room at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015. Hollande's visit to Washington is part of a diplomatic offensive to get the international community to bolster the campaign against the Islamic State militants. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Obama: Bill limiting Gitmo transfers may be unconstitutional

Nicole Duran · November 25, 2015 10:05 pm

Congress last year cleared legislation, signed by Obama, that prohibits transfer of Guantanamo detainees to U.S. soil. (Richard Sheinwald/ Bloomberg News)

GOP lawmakers warn military against moving Gitmo prisoners

Susan Ferrechio · November 23, 2015 7:41 pm

Aamer's case generated controversy after he became the object of an international campaign to free him. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

National Security

Senators press Pentagon on controversial Gitmo transfer

Charles Hoskinson · November 20, 2015 10:29 pm

Obama Vows to Continue to Close Gitmo

Daniel Halper · November 19, 2015 12:48 pm

It's that close supervision, he said, that led to most air sorties coming back without dropping any bombs.Â (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

National Security

Thornberry: Obama’s plan for Gitmo ‘ill considered’

Anna Giaritelli · November 19, 2015 7:23 am

National Security

Zogby report card: Obama’s new agenda gives extra life to administration

Paul Bedard · November 14, 2015 12:00 pm

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., right, accompanied by Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., are among a group of senator demanding that the Obama administration release unclassified information on all current Guantanamo detainees. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

National Security

Senators: Obama left Americans ‘in the dark’ on Guantanamo

Anna Giaritelli · November 13, 2015 10:08 pm