Guantanamo
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Closing Guantanamo: President Obama appoints D.C. lawyer as closure envoy
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President Barack Obama has chosen a high-powered Washington lawyer with extensive experience in all three branches of the government to be the State Department's special envoy for closing down the military-run prison at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba.
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Eric Holder: Drone strikes not way to avoid Guantanamo
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Attorney General Eric Holder denied Thursday that the Obama administration is killing suspected terrorists with drone strikes to avoid capturing them and sending them to the Guantanamo prison it wants to close.
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That was the week that was
CommentFowler and Harley LeBon interview May 24, 2013
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President Obama to address Guantanamo, terror, national security
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President Barack Obama on Thursday is expected to address some of the thornier aspects of national security policy.
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Guantanamo Bay prison needs $450 million for maintenance
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The Pentagon is asking Congress for more than $450 million for maintaining and upgrading the Guantanamo Bay prison that President Barack Obama wants to close.
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That was the week that was
CommentBurkman and Fowler interview May 3, 2013
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U.S. security agencies and access to Mexico
CommentGordon interview May 2, 2013
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Guantanamo hunger strikes grow
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The U.S. military says a couple more prisoners have been designated as hunger strikers at Guantanamo Bay.
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Guantanamo Bay hunger strikes escalate, prisoners denied water
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Prisoners at Guantanamo Bay say they are being denied access to drinking water as a hunger strike grinds on and apparently grows at the U.S. base in Cuba.
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Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri pretrial in Guantanamo starts
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The Guantanamo Bay prisoner accused of orchestrating the attack on the USS Cole faces a pretrial hearing in his war crimes tribunal.
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Will "Zero Dark Thirty" prompt new protests in the Middle East?
CommentLeighton interview January 10, 2013
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GAO addresses hurdles to closing Gitmo
CommentMaurer interview December 5, 2012
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Guantanamo trials: Increased security rules considered
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A U.S. military judge is considering broad security rules for the war crimes tribunal of five Guantanamo prisoners charged in the Sept. 11 attacks, including measures to prevent the accused from publicly revealing what happened to them in the CIA's secret network of overseas prisons.
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September 11 cases at Guantanamo Bay could take years
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The U.S. has finally started the prosecution of five Guantanamo Bay prisoners charged in the Sept. 11 attacks, but the trial won't be starting anytime soon, and both sides said Sunday that the case could continue for years.
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First 'high value' Guantanamo detainee to take plea deal
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A man held in secret U.S. government confinement for nearly a decade is expected to emerge Wednesday to take a plea deal, becoming the first "high-value" Guantanamo detainee to be convicted in a war crimes tribunal.
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Close Guantanamo, U.N. tells Obama
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U.N. chief is urging the Obama administration to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, saying keeping it open is a "clear breach of international law."
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Guantanamo Bay rally to close D.C. streets
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Some streets in downtown Washington will be closed because of events marking the 10th anniversary of the opening of the Guantanamo Bay prison.
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Former Guantanamo detainee-turned-al Qaida ally killed
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NATO and Afghan forces killed a former Guantanamo detainee who had become a key al-Qaida affiliate.
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