Tag: Guantanamo Bay

"This is someone who was held for five years by terrorists," CNN's Brooke BaldwinÂ saidÂ Wednesday. "Is that not -- this is what some say -- is that not punishment enough?" (AP Photo)Â

Media concerned that Bergdahl has suffered enough

Eddie Scarry · March 27, 2015 5:48 pm

This undated file image provided by the U.S. Army shows Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. A U.S. official says Bergdahl, who abandoned his post in Afghanistan and was held by the Taliban for five years, will be court martialed on charges of desertion and avoiding military service. (AP Photo/U.S. Army, file)

National Security

Major U.S. newsrooms downplayed reports soldiers died while searching for Bergdahl

Becket Adams · March 27, 2015 2:47 am

"More than ever, it is clear how vital it is to our national interest to keep these terrorists at Guantanamo Bay," said Sen. Joni Ernst. (Getty)

Bergdahl fiasco a reminder more Gitmo battles lie ahead

Byron York · March 27, 2015 12:43 am

Like any president, especially one with low approval ratings, President Obama might like a few do-overs. (AP)

5 things Obama would have done differently

Brian Hughes · March 20, 2015 9:00 am

Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., attends a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill March 18, 2015 in Washington. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

This GOP senator says Obama has ‘little concern’ for monitoring released Gitmo prisoners

Kelly Cohen · March 19, 2015 2:31 pm

National Security

Obama regrets not closing Gitmo on ‘first day’

Brian Hughes · March 18, 2015 8:32 pm

A military officer stands near the entrance to Camp VI at the U.S. military prison for 'enemy combatants' on June 25, 2013 in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty images)

National Security

Senate panel approves bill to ban Guantanamo transfers

Charles Hoskinson · February 12, 2015 11:58 pm

Released From Gitmo To Fight – And Die – Another Day

Geoffrey Norman · February 9, 2015 3:24 pm

Tom Cotton: Guantanamo detainees can ‘rot in hell’

Kelly Cohen · February 5, 2015 8:14 pm

National Security

McCain moves forward with bill barring Guantanamo transfers

Charles Hoskinson · February 5, 2015 6:50 pm

National Security

McCain targets Obama’s Gitmo transfers

Charles Hoskinson · February 5, 2015 10:00 am

U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy from Vermont, center, speaks to the press as fellow lawmakers stand with him in Havana Cuba, Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. U.S. lawmakers standing with Leahy are, from left, Senator Richard Joseph Durbin from Illinois, Senator Deborah Ann Stabenow of Michigan, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, Congressman Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, and Congressman Peter Welch of Vermont. (AP Photo/Desmond Boylan)

National Security

Castro’s new Gitmo demands stir fierce debate

Susan Crabtree · January 30, 2015 10:00 am