Last night, I went up against Jennifer Kerns of the Washington Times and The Blaze, and Sean Noble of American Encore on Thom Hartmann's show 'The Big Picture', and got into it over Gitmo and Republican obstructionism in Congress. Predictably, my conservative colleagues got ...read more
The surprise release of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl this past weekend has become the dominant story of this week's news cycle, but while there is significant disagreement about the merits of the prisoner swap that led to Bergdahl's release, everyone seems to agree on one thing: this is a ...read more
By Cora Currier, ProPublica Young soldiers at Guantanamo Bay would have been in grade school when the 9/11 attacks occurred. But the government is making sure the terrorist attacks are fresh in their minds. The FBI now holds briefings for military personnel stationed at ...read more
By Paul R. Pillar The national disgrace that is the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay is still in operation largely because of another familiar national disgrace, which is partisan gamesmanship. At his press conference this past week President Barack Obama stated accurately ...read more
By Cora Currier It's been 11 years since the first detainees were brought to Guantanamo Bay. But the future of the prison, and the fate of the men inside it, is far from certain. With 59 detainees at Gitmo currently on hunger strike, by the military's count, here's a primer ...read more
By Cora Currier The long-troubled military trials at Guantanamo Bay were hit by revelations earlier this year that a secret censor had the ability to cut off courtroom proceedings, and that there were listening devices disguised as smoke detectors in attorney-client meeting ...read more
Just one part of making America into America again. President-elect Barack Obama is preparing to issue an executive order his first week in office — and perhaps his first day — to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, according to two presidential transition team ...read more
