June 09, 2009

1st Guantanamo detainee arrives in the United States

Ahmed Ghailani is the first Guantanamo Bay detainee to be brought to the United States has arrived in New York.


February 21, 2009

A new Pentagon report recommends some changes at Guantanamo Bay

A new Pentagon report recommends some changes at Guantanamo Bay but defends the military prison’s treatment of detainees, saying it meets the standard for humane treatment laid out in the Geneva Conventions.


January 21, 2009

Obama to close Guantanamo prison

The Obama administration circulated a draft executive order Wednesday that calls for closing the detention center at Guantanamo Bay within a year.


November 20, 2008

Judge orders 5 Guantanamo detainees released

In the first case of its kind, U.S. District Judge Richard Leon said the government’s evidence against the five suspects wasn’t credible because it came from a single, unidentified source.


November 19, 2008

Brown: keep Guantanamo prisoners out of Charleston

South Carolina Congressman Henry Brown, introduced legislation on Wednesday to prevent Guantanamo Bay detainees from being transferred to the Navy brig in Charleston.

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