Jan 22 President Orders Guantanamo Prison Closed By PBS News Hour In his second full day in office, President Barack Obama signed a series of executive orders Thursday morning to close the Guantanamo detention center within a year, ban the harshest interrogation methods and review military war crimes trials. Continue reading
Nov 25 Watch With Changing Administrations, Future for Guantanamo Detainees Is Uncertain With Osama Bin Laden's former driver transferred to Yemen and other inmates ordered released last week, Guantanamo Bay's prison population is decreasing as President-elect Barack Obama prepares to take office. Two lawyers assess what's next for the facility. Continue watching
Nov 25 Osama Bin Laden’s Ex-Driver to Be Returned to Yemen By PBS News Hour Salim Hamdan, a former driver for terror leader Osama Bin Laden, is being transferred from the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, back to his home country of Yemen, defense officials tell news agencies. Continue reading
Aug 06 Watch Military Trial Yields Split Verdict for Bin Laden’s Driver A military jury in Guantanamo Bay convicted Osama bin Laden's former driver on charges of providing support for terrorism Wednesday but cleared him of conspiracy charges. Experts weigh the verdict. Continue watching
Jul 21 Watch Gitmo Trial Begins, but Questions Loom Over Detainee Legal Process After years of legal delays, the trial for Osama Bin Laden's former driver began Monday at Guantanamo, marking the first full-scale military tribunal at the base since it opened in 2001. Two legal experts examine the future of the detainee… Continue watching
Jul 09 Watch Senate OKs Wiretapping Measure With Telecom Immunity The Senate voted Wednesday to keep retroactive immunity for phone companies that help with monitoring in a federal warrantless surveillance program bill. The decision defeated Democrats against it. Ray Suarez reports. Continue watching
Jun 20 Watch Wiretapping Bill Heads to Senate After Telecoms Debate The House approved a wide-ranging terror surveillance overhaul Friday. Caroline Fredrickson of the ACLU and George Terwilliger, a former deputy attorney general for the first President Bush, examine the measure. Continue watching
Jun 05 Accused 9/11 ‘Mastermind’ Asks for Death Sentence By PBS News Hour The accused mastermind of Sept. 11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, told a military tribunal Thursday in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, that he would welcome the death penalty and wished to become a martyr. Continue reading
Apr 02 Watch Memo Outlines Justification for Harsh Interrogation The Pentagon Tuesday disclosed a 2003 memo, since rescinded, that outlined the justifications for using harsh interrogation techniques against terror suspects and said President Bush's wartime authority trumps any ban on torture. Continue watching
Mar 13 Watch President Bush, Lawmakers Clash Over Renewal of Surveillance Program President Bush threatened Thursday to veto the House version of the terrorist-surveillance reauthorization bill. A measure to protect telecommunications companies from prosecution is at the heart of the dispute. Legal experts examine the privacy debate. Continue watching