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Ten Years of Torture: On Anniversary of Abu Zubaydah’s Capture, Poland...
Ten years ago, on the evening of March 28, 2002, the Bush administration officially embarked on its “high-value detainee” program in the “war on terror” that had been declared in the wake of the...
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For the Last Two Kuwaiti Prisoners in Guantánamo, US Relies on Unreliable...
171 men are still held in the “war on terror” prison at Guantánamo Bay, even though an interagency task force established by President Obama concluded over two years ago that 89 of them should be...
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The Permanent Injustice of Guantánamo
Last summer, I wrote an article reviewing ten years of Guantánamo for the Future of Freedom Foundation, for whom I write a weekly column for their online Email Update. This article, however, was for...
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Torture: The Bush Administration on Trial
Law-abiding US citizens have been appalled that Jose Rodriguez, the director of the CIA’s National Clandestine Service until his retirement in 2007, was invited onto CBS’s “60 Minutes” program last...
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Chaos at Guantánamo as the 9/11 Trial Begins
On Saturday, the eyes of the world were on Guantánamo, as Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other men accused of planning and facilitating the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 — Ramzi bin...
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Why No Trials for Abu Zubaydah and Seven Other “High-Value Detainees” in...
Two weeks ago, when Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other “high-value detainees” were arraigned at Guantánamo, in preparation for their forthcoming trial by military commission, they brought to eight...
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The Complete Guantánamo Files: WikiLeaks and the Prisoners Released in 2007...
Please support my work! Freelance investigative journalist Andy Worthington continues his 70-part, million-word series telling, for the first time, the stories of 776 of the 779 prisoners held at...
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US Honors Deal to Release Convicted Bin Laden Cook from Guantánamo to Sudan;...
Getting out of Guantánamo is such a feat these days (with just three men released in the last 18 months) that it is remarkable that Ibrahim al-Qosi, a Sudanese prisoner who agreed to a plea deal at his...
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Why Does the Government So Desperately Want Indefinite Detention for Terror...
What is the government doing? Last year, when Congress passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), with its contentious passages endorsing the mandatory military detention of terror suspects,...
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Another Torture Victim on Trial at Guantánamo
In the last two weeks, the “war on terror” prison at Guantánamo Bay enjoyed a brief resurgence of interest as pre-trial hearings took place in the cases of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other men...
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Eloquent But Unconvincing: President Obama’s Response to the Guantánamo...
On Tuesday, President Obama gave his first detailed response to the prison-wide hunger strike that has been raging at Guantánamo for twelve weeks, responding to a question posed at a news conference by...
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US Military Admits Only 2.5 Percent of All Prisoners Ever Held at Guantánamo...
So it’s official, then. Eleven and a half years after the “war on terror” prison opened at Guantánamo, the maximum number of prisoners that the US military intends to prosecute, or has already...
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Guantánamo, Where Unsubstantiated Suspicion of Terrorism Ensures Indefinite...
Please support my work! Last week, in a decision that I believe can only be regarded objectively as a travesty of justice, a Periodic Review Board (PRB) at Guantánamo — consisting of representatives...
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Sulaiman Abu Ghaith’s Unexpected Testimony in New York Terrorism Trial
On Wednesday, Sulaiman Abu Ghaith (also identified as Sulaiman Abu Ghayth), the Kuwaiti cleric who is on trial in New York accused of terrorism, surprised the court by taking to the witness stand to...
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Please Read My Latest Article About Guantánamo for Al-Jazeera, “Is Bowe...
Dear friends and supporters, I hope you have time to read my latest article for Al-Jazeera, “Is Bowe Bergdahl Worth Five Taliban Prisoners?” in which I provide an overview of the manufactured outrage...
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Please Read Tom Wilner’s Op-Ed About the Bowe Bergdahl/Taliban Prisoner Swap
I wrote the following article for the “Close Guantánamo” website, which I established in January 2012 with US attorney Tom Wilner. Please join us – just an email address is required to be counted...
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Life Sentence for Sulaiman Abu Ghaith Discredits Guantánamo’s Military...
On Tuesday, in a courtroom in New York City, a long-running chapter in the “war on terror” came to an end, when Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, 48, a Kuwaiti-born cleric who appeared in media broadcasts as a...
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Prisoners in Guantánamo Ask to be Freed Because of the End of the War in...
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Abdul Rahman Shalabi, Hunger Striker Since 2005, Asks Review Board to Approve...
I wrote the following article for the “Close Guantánamo” website, which I established in January 2012 with US attorney Tom Wilner. Please join us — just an email address is required to be counted...
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Who Are the Six Yemenis Freed from Guantánamo and Resettled in Oman?
So it’s good news from Guantánamo, as six Yemenis — long cleared for release — have been freed and resettled in the Gulf state of Oman. These are the first men to be released since January, and the...
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