Obama to close Gitmo in One Year
GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba (CNN) — In one of his first acts in office, President Obama has ordered the U.S. government to suspend prosecutions of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay for 120 days, military officials said Tuesday. A guard keeps watch from a tower at the military facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Papers filed at the [...]
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Senior Bush official says Gitmo detainee was tortured
WASHINGTON (CNN) — For the first time, a senior Bush administration official has publicly described a detainee’s treatment at the U.S. Navy Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as torture, according to a published report. The detention of terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has been a source of controversy. Susan Crawford, the retired judge in [...]
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