Tag: Guantanamo Bay

Pentagon-approved sketch by court artist Janet Hamlin of defendant Khalid Sheikh Mohammed speaking with lead defense lawyer David Nevin during a pretrial hearing at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba.

9/11 trial delayed again as Biden administration pushes for plea deal with terrorists

Jerry Dunleavy · January 9, 2023 7:45 pm

En route to processing on mainland Puerto Rico, U.S. Border Patrol agents help Cuban immigrants put on life vests as they prepare to depart Puerto Rico's remote Mona Island, a nature preserve roughly halfway between the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, and where the Cubans had arrived by boat earlier, June 13, 2006. Taking the back door into the United States, droves of Cubans are heading to Puerto Rico instead of north to mainland U.S., crossing some of the world's stormiest seas to this small an island belonging to Puerto Rico, a U.S. Territory.

WATCH: Anna Giaritelli says US is bracing for influx of immigrants sailing to Florida’s coast

Heather Hamilton · November 2, 2022 1:53 pm

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis made an unannounced visit to the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to offer holiday greetings to troops on Thursday. He is the first Pentagon chief to visit the base in almost 16 years. (AP Photo/Ben Fox, File)

White House weighs housing surge of migrants at Guantanamo Bay or third country: Report

Anna Giaritelli · October 31, 2022 9:54 pm

In this Sept. 11, 2001, photo, smoke rises from the burning Twin Towers of the World Trade Center after hijacked planes crashed into the towers, in New York City.

Republicans slam Biden over plea deal negotiations with al Qaeda 9/11 plotters

Jerry Dunleavy · September 13, 2022 4:34 pm

Justice delayed: 21 years later, 9/11 plotters haven’t faced trial

Jerry Dunleavy · September 10, 2022 12:00 am

An American flag waves in the breeze behind razor-wire and fences within the compound of Camp Delta military-run prison at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Republicans dismiss Democratic effort to close Guantanamo Bay

Misty Severi · July 5, 2022 3:44 pm

Afghan national held in Guantanamo Bay for 15 years released

Mike Brest · June 24, 2022 12:00 am

Conservatives eye-roll DNC chairman charging GOP Sen. Tom Cotton is ‘maggot-infested’

Virginia Aabram · April 6, 2022 8:36 pm

FILE - In this June 27, 2006 file photo, reviewed by a U.S. Department of Defense official, U.S. military guards walk within Camp Delta military-run prison, at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba. President Barack Obama is pushing to overcome obstacles to closing the Guantanamo Bay prison, an elusive goal which has frustrated him since he took office. That is setting the White House on a collision course with Congress in its bid to loosen restrictions for moving out detainees. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

US transfers Guantanamo Bay detainee back to native Algeria after 20 years

Mike Brest · April 4, 2022 3:34 pm

Graham walks out of Jackson’s hearing after rant over indefinite detention at Gitmo

Kaelan Deese · March 22, 2022 4:30 pm

WATCH: The View host says Jackson criticism smears ‘qualifications of black women’

Julia Johnson · March 18, 2022 7:09 pm

In this photo of a sketch by courtroom artist Janet Hamlin and reviewed by the U.S. Department of Defense, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed holds up a piece of paper during a court recess at his Military Commissions pretrial hearing in the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba, Monday, Oct. 15, 2012. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who has portrayed himself as the mastermind behind the Sept. 11 attacks, and four other co-defendants were back before a military tribunal, forgoing the protest that turned their last appearance into an unruly 13-hour spectacle. (AP Photo/Janet Hamlin, Pool)

Gitmo plea deal negotiations could take death penalty off the table in 9/11 case

Jerry Dunleavy · March 15, 2022 10:00 pm