July 17, 2009

Zell Miller Pans President Obama’s Guantanamo Plan

Former Sen. Zell Miller says President Barack Obama’s decision to close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay “nuts” and says it would risk the lives of civilians while giving terrorists new freedoms.


July 16, 2009

Senator Lindsey Graham Says Some Terrorism Detainees Should Never Be Free

A Republican senator is appealing to Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor to recognize the nature of the enemy as the country considers how to prosecute detainees from the war on terror.


July 02, 2009

Obama Administration Delays Release Of CIA Report On Interrogations

The Obama administration says it needs two more months to review an internal CIA report on the agency’s secret detention and interrogation program before making it public.


May 21, 2009

President Obama Says US Prisons Tough Enough For Detainees

President Barack Obama says some of the terror suspects held at Guantanamo will be brought to prisons in the United States, despite fierce opposition in Congress. Speaking at the National Archives, Obama said U.S. prison facilities are tough enough to house even the most dangerous inmates. He criticized what he said is an effort to politicize the issue, and said he won’t do anything to endanger the American people.


May 19, 2009

AP Source: Democrats Won’t Fund Guantanamo Closing

A top Democratic official says President Barack Obama’s allies in the Senate will not provide funds to close the Guantanamo Bay prison next January.


January 22, 2009

President Obama Signs Order To Close Guantanamo Bay In A Year

President Barack Obama began overhauling U.S. treatment of terror suspects, signing orders to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center.


December 16, 2008

Lawyer: Gitmo Detainees Sent To Bosnia

An attorney for three Guantanamo detainees says they have been sent to Bosnia and are expected to be released to their families.

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