Tag: Guantanamo Bay

"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)

GOP bill would bar Obama from releasing Guantanamo prisoners

Charles Hoskinson · January 13, 2015 7:01 pm

Blocked by Congress from closing the terrorist prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as he had promised, President Obama is trying instead to empty it by executive order. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Obama moves around Congress in releasing Gitmo prisoners

Charles Hoskinson · January 12, 2015 10:00 am

National Security

US transfers five more Guantanamo Bay prisoners

Brian Hughes · December 31, 2014 2:24 pm

Can GOP stop Obama’s ‘Year of Action’ sequel?

Byron York · December 29, 2014 11:11 pm

U.S. military guards move a detainee on September 16, 2010 in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (Photo by John Moore/Getty images)

National Security

Guantanamo Bay envoy Sloan steps down

Kelly Cohen · December 23, 2014 5:33 pm

The Obama administration is supposed to present Congress a plan to close Guantamo Bay any day now. (AP Photo/Ben Fox, File )

Will Obama defy Congress on Gitmo prisoners?

Byron York · December 22, 2014 11:00 pm

In this photo reviewed by a U.S. Department of Defense official, a prisoner walks through a communal pod inside an area of the Guantanamo Bay detention center known as Camp 6, an area for prisoners who are considered "highly compliant" with the rules, at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba, Saturday, June 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Ben Fox)

National Security

Gitmo releasing four more prisoners

Kelly Cohen · December 20, 2014 5:33 pm

CNN, Washington Post Peddle Gitmo Snitch’s Story

Thomas Joscelyn · December 17, 2014 1:01 pm

CIA officials, worried about "killing trees," blocked officials from printing the Senate torture report.

National Security

Copies of ‘torture’ report hand delivered to terror suspects, blocked from CIA officials

Paul Bedard · December 16, 2014 8:33 pm

Senate interrogation report strikes new blow to U.S. intelligence ties

Charles Hoskinson · December 12, 2014 10:00 am

Sen. Carl Levin speaking to reporters. Michael Bonfigli/The Christian Science Monitor.

Washington Secrets

Carl Levin compares CIA affair to Watergate

Paul Bedard · December 10, 2014 3:50 pm

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

National Security

Six Guantanamo detainees released to Uruguay

Charles Hoskinson · December 7, 2014 2:57 pm