Dec 20 Watch 5:47 Inside Obama’s final push to transfer Guantanamo detainees By PBS NewsHour According to a New York Times report, the Obama administration has notified Congress of its plans to transfer more than a dozen of the 59 prisoners who remain at the Guantanamo Bay detention center before President-elect Trump takes office. Charlie… Continue watching
Dec 02 Watch 3:06 News Wrap: U.S. unemployment at a 9-year low By PBS NewsHour In our news wrap Friday, the unemployment rate in November hit a nine-year low, dropping to 4.6 percent, as 178,000 new jobs were added and many people stopped looking for work. Also, House lawmakers overwhelmingly backed a nearly $619 billion… Continue watching
Sep 10 Watch 12:11 Should 9/11 trials be held at Guantanamo Bay? By PBS NewsHour The five men blamed for planning the attacks of September 11 have yet to be tried in a military commission. Nearly 15 years after that day, they remain detained at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Now, some… Continue watching
Aug 18 Indonesia prisoner makes first public appearance at Gitmo By Robert Burns, Associated Press An Indonesian held for nearly 10 years at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has appeared for the first time at a hearing called to determine whether he should remain in detention. Continue reading
Aug 16 Watch 6:28 With Gitmo on the path to closure, Obama approves major prisoner release By PBS NewsHour On Monday, President Obama approved his largest single release of prisoners from Guantanamo Bay, reducing its population by 15 to a total of 61 -- roughly 25% the size when he took office. Closing the facility he called a “recruitment… Continue watching
Aug 16 15 detainees transferred out of Guantanamo, leaving 61 By Larisa Epatko The Pentagon announced Monday the transfer of 15 inmates out of the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba -- its largest transfer yet from the controversial detention facility. Continue reading
Aug 10 Report offers details about Guantanamo detainees on way out By Deb Riechmann, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Following a lengthy tug-of-war with Capitol Hill, the Pentagon has given a senator the first-ever, unclassified report detailing the suspected militant backgrounds of more than 100 detainees at or recently released from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo… Continue reading
Jun 05 Officials using new legal strategies in efforts to close Guantanamo Bay By Associated Press The Obama administration is running out of time and options to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba, so officials are scrambling to release as many prisoners as possible and considering novel legal strategies that include allowing some men… Continue reading
Apr 16 U.S. sends nine Yemeni prisoners to Saudi Arabia from Guantanamo By News Desk The Pentagon has sent nine Yemeni men to Saudi Arabia from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Continue reading
Mar 23 Officials say Guantanamo transfers have killed Americans By Richard Lardner, Associated Press Americans have been killed by prisoners released from the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a senior Defense Department official told lawmakers Wednesday. Continue reading