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Chain link fence and concertina wire surrounds a deserted guard tower within Joint Task Force Guantanamo's Camp Delta at t...

Nation Jan 11

As Guantanamo enters its third decade, what does the future look like for detainees?

Politics Dec 15

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Senate sends Biden big defense bill that addresses military sexual assault

Congress has sent President Joe Biden a $768.2 billion defense bill that makes landmark changes to the way the military handles sexual assaults and keeps women out of the draft.

By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

World Feb 21

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What short-term deal between U.S., Taliban means for chances of Afghan peace

A week-long “reduction in violence” between the U.S. and the Taliban represents a potential breakthrough for peace in Afghanistan. If it holds, the two sides will sign the first phase of a peace agreement that could pave the way to…

World May 09

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Gina Haspel vows never to resume CIA interrogation as Senate presses her on moral code

Gina Haspel couldn't talk about her work for three decades. On Wednesday, she had to defend it. Haspel, who played pivotal roles in the agency's most controversial recent actions in the years after 9/11, promised to never restart brutal interrogation…

Nation Feb 26

When it comes to defining ‘terrorism,’ there is no consensus

People have been trying to understand how to interpret and define terrorism for hundreds of years. But there is no easy answer.

By Kamala Kelkar

Aug 21

Attorney: Hunger-striking detainee at Guantanamo ‘shockingly thin and frail’

By Phil Hirschkorn

The lawyer representing Tariq Ba Odah, a detainee at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who began a hunger strike in 2007, said Friday that his client had lost more than half of his body weight and appears "shockingly…

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Aug 15

Defense Department looking at alternatives to Guantanamo Bay

By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press

The Defense Department is taking another look at the military prison in Kansas and the Navy Brig in South Carolina as it evaluates potential U.S. facilities to house detainees from the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, part of the Obama…

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Dec 16

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What does Jeb Bush’s campaign curiosity mean for other possible candidates?

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Dec 12

Video: Comparing Bush’s 2006 claims about CIA interrogation to what we know now

By Margaret Myers

In a 2006 speech to the nation, President Bush outlined the U.S.’s successes in capturing and questioning high-level terrorists involved with the 9/11 attacks. The president also lauded the contributions of intelligence officers in their quest to bring those responsible…

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Dec 09

Senate report: Harsh CIA tactics — including waterboarding, sleep deprivation — didn’t work

By Bradley Klapper, Ken Dilanian, Associated Press

Senate investigators delivered a damning indictment of CIA practices Tuesday, accusing the spy agency of inflicting pain and suffering on prisoners beyond legal limits and deceiving the nation with narratives of life-saving interrogations unsubstantiated by its own records.

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