Dec 05 Watch Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Case Testing Rights of Detainees The Supreme Court considered Wednesday whether terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay have constitutional rights to challenge their detention in court. Legal experts evaluate the high court hearings and what a decision could mean for U.S. policy. Continue watching
Oct 05 Bush Defends Detention Policy, Says U.S. 'Does Not Torture' By Admin, PBS News Hour President Bush defended his administration's detention and interrogation policies Friday and denied the use of torture against terrorism suspects. Continue reading
Sep 08 Watch Political Analysts Discuss Military Tribunals, Sept. 11 Anniversary Analysts David Brooks and Tom Oliphant discuss President Bush's proposal for military tribunals for terror suspects, how Republicans and Democrats are using terrorism as a political tool and their views on the world since the Sept. 11 attacks. Continue watching
Sep 07 Watch President Bush Proposes Military Trial Process for Terror Suspects Following the announcement that terror suspects had been held in secret facilities, President Bush pressed Congress Thursday to approve military tribunals for terror suspects. Sens. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) and John Sununu (R.-N.H.) debate the proposal. Continue watching
Jul 24 Watch Guantanamo Detainees Rights Are Reexamined After the Supreme Court reversed the Bush administration's tactics for prosecuting terrorism suspects, Congress has been debating how to address the prosecution of detainees in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and other U.S. prisons. Continue watching
Jul 11 Watch U.S. to Comply with Geneva Treaty on Detainees In a policy shift outlined in a Pentagon memo, the Bush administration has decided to treat all detainees in compliance with the minimum standard spelled out by the Geneva Conventions. Senators discuss the change. Continue watching
May 19 Watch U.N. Panel Urges Closure of Guantanamo Detention Center A United Nations panel on torture called on the United States Friday to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and expressed concern over reports of secret prisons. Continue watching
Jan 31 Judge Rules Military Tribunals for Detainees Unconstitutional By PBS News Hour A federal judge ruled Monday that special military tribunals held for detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba are unconstitutional and that the detainees have a right to legally challenge their confinement, delivering a setback for the Bush administration. Continue reading
Jan 12 Supreme Court Rejects Appeal on Secret Sept. 11 Detainees By Admin The Supreme Court refused to consider whether the government had the proper authority to withhold names and other basic details about hundreds of foreigners detained in the United States in the weeks and months after the Sept. 11 terror attacks. Continue reading
Aug 15 Judge Rules Not to Release Names of Sept. 11 Detainees A federal judge on Thursday granted a Bush administration request to not immediately reveal the names of more than one thousand suspects that have been detained in the Sept. 11 terror investigation. Continue reading