GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - Lawyers for five prisoners accused of plotting the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States have asked to see confidential reports by the International Committee of the Red Cross about visits to the defendants at the Guantanamo Bay detention cFull story
FORT MEADE, Maryland (Reuters) - The soldier accused of the largest release of classified data in U.S. history provided WikiLeaks with secret details of prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay, threatening "serious" damage to national security, the prison's former commander testified on Monday. Full story
Rachel Maddow explains away any justification for keeping the prison at Guantanamo Bay open other than the political cowardice of members of Congress who can only hope more inmates die at the prison so they can continue to avoid having to work out a rational policy.
President Barack Obama has chosen Clifford Sloan, to be the State Department’s special envoy for closing down the prison at Guantanamo Bay but his appointment follows the House’s overwhelming passage of a defense bill that would block the shutdown. The Miami Herald’s Carol Rosenberg discusses.
Attorney General Eric Holder is holding a meeting this week to discuss guidelines for journalists in leak investigations, and he's being met with resistance from the New York Times, AP and the Huffington Post. Why won't media outlets agree? Time's Rick Stengel joins a conversation on Holder, why Git
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Rep. Mike Pomeo, R-Kansas, engaged in an interview with MSNBC's Craig Melvin about President Obama's pitch to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay and the congressman's recent visit to the prison. Pompeo said the center was "not in crisis mode" and that the detainees were "well taken care of
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A relative of a Yemeni detainee at Guantanamo Bay prison sits on a roadblock during a protest to demand the release of the detainees, outside the U.S. embassy in Sanaa June 17, 2013. The U.S. House of Representatives passed a massive defense bill last week that includes measures to block President B
A riot policeman looks as he stands behind relatives of Yemeni detainees at Guantanamo Bay prison during a protest to demand the release of the detainees, outside the U.S. embassy in Sanaa June 17, 2013. The U.S. House of Representatives passed a massive defense bill last week that includes measures
A boy, who is a relative of a Yemeni detainee at Guantanamo Bay prison, signs a letter demanding the closure of the prison, outside the U.S. embassy in Sanaa June 17, 2013. The U.S. House of Representatives passed a massive defense bill last week that includes measures to block President Barack Obam
Relatives of Yemeni detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison shout slogans during a protest to demand the release of the detainees, outside the U.S. embassy in Sanaa June 17, 2013. The U.S. House of Representatives passed a massive defense bill last week that includes measures to block President Barac
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