A lawyer for a Guantanamo Bay terrorism suspect allegedly tortured in Morocco when his interrogation was outsourced by the U.S. says the CIA was present and has photographs of the…
One of the two al-Qaida suspects whose interrogation was chronicled on a destroyed videotape was subjected to waterboarding, according to a former CIA officer.
CIA lawyers in the clandestine branch, known then as the Directorate of Operations, gave written approval to destroy two videotapes of interrogations of al-Qaida suspects, the Dec 11, 2007 12:31 PM CST
Lawyers for 11 Yemeni detainees yesterday asked a federal judge to begin a formal inquiry into whether the CIA violated a preservation order when it destroyed two videotapes of interrogations…
At the close of oral arguments yesterday, it appeared likely that the U.S. Supreme Court will send the appeal by Guantanamo detainees back to an appeals court along with a…
The U.S. Supreme Court justice who is considered the pivotal vote in a suit by Guantanamo detainees didn’t signal how he will rule during oral arguments today.
Two U.S. military tribunals have declared a German student to be an al-Qaida ally despite evidence that intelligence experts did not consider him a terrorist.
Updated: The latest Guantanamo detainee case before the U.S. Supreme Court, which asks whether federal courts have jurisdiction to hear the enemy combatant cases, “reflects an extraordinary interbranch drama,” the…
Students at the University of Colorado at Boulder booed former Attorney General John Ashcroft during his appearance there earlier this week. The protest escalated to the point that several students…
Updated: Want to know what the exact rules are for running the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba? If so, you’re in luck—the entire Gitmo prison operating manual was…
The U.S. Supreme Court refused today to accept a case filed by a Guantanamo detainee who fears he will be tortured if he is released to his home country of…
As the arraignment process got underway today in the first trial by a Guantanamo Bay military tribunal of a terrorism suspect, defense counsel complained that the deck was stacked against…
As the terrorism trial by a U.S. military tribunal of a Canadian arrested in an Afghanistan battle at age 15 appears about to get under way, starting with an arraignment…