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Leaked Files Shed Light on Gitmo Detainees

WASHINGTON -- Secret documents about detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison reveal new information about some of the men that the United States believes to be terrorists, according to reports about the files released by several American and European newspapers. The U.S. government criticized the publication as...

Obama Lifts Two-Year Ban on Guantanamo Trials [VIDEO]

Guantanamo Bay Military Trials to Resume: What Do the Pundits Think?

It was a top priority in his 2008 presidential campaign, but it appears that Barack Obama won't be closing Gitmo anytime soon. The White House announced on Monday that military trials will resume at the infamous Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba, where a new executive order signed by the president now creates a system in...

Obama Restarts Military Trials at Guantanamo

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama reversed course Monday and ordered a resumption of military trials for terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, making his once ironclad promise to close the isolated prison look even more distant. Guantanamo has been a major political and national security headache for the president...

Gitmo Detainee Acquitted of All but 1 Charge in NY

NEW YORK (Nov. 17) -- The first Guantanamo detainee to face a civilian trial was acquitted Wednesday of all but one of the hundreds of charges he helped unleash death and destruction on two U.S. embassies in 1998 - a mixed result for what's been viewed as a terror test case. A federal jury convicted Ahmed Ghailani of one...

Background on Gitmo

Guantanamo Bay Naval Base (also called Gitmo or GTMO) is located on of land and water at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba which the United States leased for use as a coaling (fueling) station following the Cuban-American Treaty of 1903. The base is located on the shore of Guantánamo Bay at the southeastern end of Cuba.

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