Apr 25 Watch ‘Extraordinary’ Guantanamo Documents Shed New Light on Detainees Hundreds of newly released classified documents revealed details on hundreds of men who have been held -- and are being held -- at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay. Jeffrey Brown discusses the leak, WikiLeaks' involvement and what was… Continue watching
Oct 25 Guantanamo Detainee Khadr Pleads Guilty to All Counts By Larisa Epatko Omar Khadr, a Guantanamo Bay detainee accused of throwing a hand grenade that killed a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan, pleaded guilty to all five terrorism and murder charges on Monday. Continue reading
Aug 12 Watch Gitmo Tribunal Trial of Khadr Offers ‘Test of the System Itself’ The trial of a Canadian citizen captured in Afghanistan and accused of war crimes began Thursday, the first under new rules imposed by the Obama administration. For perspective, Margaret Warner speaks with Michelle Shephard of the Toronto Star who has… Continue watching
Jul 16 Photos: Inside Guantanamo’s Prison By Larisa Epatko With the number of detainees at the U.S. naval station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, steadily shrinking, military personnel there say the release of the prisoners is having a positive impact on those who remain. Continue reading
Jul 12 Accused Terrorist Khadr Boycotts ‘Unjust’ Trial By Larisa Epatko GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba | The long road to trial for Omar Khadr, who was arrested eight years ago in Afghanistan at age 15 for allegedly throwing a grenade that killed a U.S. soldier, took another twist Monday when he decided… Continue reading
Mar 01 Watch Supreme Court Appeals: Enron Chief’s Heard, Gitmo Uighurs’ Dismissed Margaret Warner talks to Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal about former Enron executive Jeffrey Skilling's appeal to the Supreme Court and the dismissal of a challenge brought by Chinese detainees at Guantanamo. Continue watching
Jan 06 Watch Yemen’s Instability Muddles Plan to Close Guantanamo President Obama has made closing Guantanamo Bay a top priority. Yet as Margaret Warner reports, that effort has been complicated by the failed plot by an al-Qaida group in Yemen to blow up a U.S. airliner on Christmas. Continue watching
Jan 04 Watch Years After Attack on USS Cole, Focus Back on Yemen More than nine years since a suicide attack off the coast of Yemen killed 17 Americans on the U.S.S. Cole, the failed plot to blow up an airliner bound for Detroit has put the focus back on the Arab world's… Continue watching
Dec 23 Watch News Wrap: Plan to Close Gitmo Hits New Delays In other news, President Obama's plan to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay has run into new hurdles, and the State Department said in a report that U.S. efforts to stop the opium trade in Afghanistan is failing. Continue watching
Dec 15 Watch In Illinois, ‘Gitmo North’ Tapped to House Detainees The Obama administration plans to send some Guantanamo Bay detainees to an underused prison in rural Illinois. Republican lawmakers denounced the plan, while local residents anticipate an economic boom. Continue watching