Ideas
We Haven’t Done Enough to Ensure That America Never Tortures Again
The first post-9/11 commander of the Gitmo detention facility maps out what’s done and what still needs doing.
Threats
Senate Panel Votes to Let Gitmo Prisoners Into US for Medical Treatment
With an aging population, Democrats in the House, and Navy officers asking for guidance, there’s a chance it finally passes.
Ideas
Treat Guantanamo Detainees in the United States
There’s no other practical way to fulfill our moral and legal obligations toward our prisoners.
Policy
Guantanamo Is Becoming a Nursing Home for Its Aging Terror Suspects
The Pentagon is required to give Gitmo detainees the same medical care as U.S. troops. How's that going to work?
Threats
As ISIS Fight Winds Down in Syria, Detainee Numbers Are Rising
Nearly 1,000 foreign fighters are in custody, U.S. Special Ops commander says — and in legal limbo.
Policy
The US Military Held an American as an Enemy Combatant for Over a Year. Here’s What That Means.
The case could have upended the entire war on ISIS. Instead, it’s changing how we treat some detainees.
Ideas
How Trump Just Might Close Guantanamo Prison
The president asked SecDef and Congress to ensure that detention policies support warfighting aims. That should mean shutting Gitmo down.
Threats
US-Backed Syrian Force Holding ‘Hundreds’ of ISIS Foreign Fighters
A day after CENTCOM'S leader says they should face prosecution at home, Trump hints at Gitmo option.
Policy
The Detainee With No Country—And the 79 Others Still at Guantanamo
All are men, and most have not been charged with any crimes.
Policy
Obama’s Gitmo Closure Plan: What’s New and Where the Problems Are
The White House’s plan gives Congress 13 different sites to choose from—and just added a lot of fuel to an already heated topic in a national security election year.
Policy
Pentagon Sends Obama Plan to Close Guantanamo, Move Detainees to US
Hours after 10 percent of the remaining detainees leave Cuba, the defense secretary said he’s handed the president a plan for “Gitmo North.”
Policy
After Guantanamo, Two Detainees Try To Put Their Lives Back Together in Ghana
Here’s how the Yemeni men are being treated and what they say about their long incarceration.
Business
Here’s What America’s Longest-Serving General Most Fears
Gen. John Kelly, commander of U.S. Southern Command, goes “over the side for the last time” with 45 years of perspective on U.S. war-fighting and its future.
Business
Guantanamo Set to Transfer 17 Prisoners, A Milestone in Several Ways
President Obama isn’t letting a legislative freeze stop him from whittling the detainee population to meet a long-held goal.
Ideas
Ignoring Guantanamo Won’t Make It Go Away
Fixing the mistakes of Gitmo will require Americans to step up and shoulder the burdens of war.
Business
Carter: US Military May Start Handing Captured ISIS Over to Law Enforcement
U.S. eyeing 'full range' of options, including transfers to international authorities.
Threats
Obama Doesn't Know What He'll Do When US Troops Capture an ISIS Leader
The president is now sending special operators on ISIS capture missions. He has less than 90 days to tell Congress what he plans to do with them.
Policy
Obama Quietly Signs Guantanamo Freeze Into Law — But Hints at Executive Action
The president gave the defense authorization bill his signature, but rejected what he called unconstitutional restrictions on his push to close the U.S. military prison in Cuba.
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