Guantánamo Bay - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/guantanamo_bay/?source=rss&aim=guantanamo_bay en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:06:00 PDT From Guantánamo to paradise By Spiegel staff Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/06/10/palau/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/06/10/palau/index.html?source=rss Seventeen Guantánamo inmates of Uighur origin may soon be leaving Cuba for Palau. Senate approves move of Guantanamo detainees to U.S. By Alex Koppelman Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/10/20/gitmo/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/10/20/gitmo/index.html?source=rss Congress will allow the further transfer of detainees to the U.S. for trial "As president, I refuse to allow this problem to fester" Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2009/05/21/gitmo_speech/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2009/05/21/gitmo_speech/index.html?source=rss President Obama gives a speech on Guantanamo Bay, torture and national security Obama pushes back on torture, terror By Mike Madden Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/05/21/obama_speech/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/05/21/obama_speech/index.html?source=rss The president tries to answer critics of his approach to interrogations policy on both the left and right Our unending war of terror By Noam Chomsky Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/05/19/chomsky/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/05/19/chomsky/index.html?source=rss Bush's embrace of torture was horrific, but it was hardly the first time Americans have acted like terrorists. Gitmo detainee transferred to U.S. to face charges By Alex Koppelman Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/06/09/ghailani/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/06/09/ghailani/index.html?source=rss Ahmed Ghailani is to be tried for his alleged role in U.S. embassy bombings. Poll: Majority opposes Gitmo closure By Alex Koppelman Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/06/02/gitmo_poll/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/06/02/gitmo_poll/index.html?source=rss A new survey shows Americans solidly against the idea of moving detainees to the U.S. New argument against closing Gitmo: Overcrowding By Alex Koppelman Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/05/22/hewitt_overcrowding/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/05/22/hewitt_overcrowding/index.html?source=rss Conservative blogger Hugh Hewitt suggests there's no room in U.S. prisons, but that's never stopped us before Democrats reject Obama's Guantanamo Bay plan By Vincent Rossmeier Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/05/20/reid/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/05/20/reid/index.html?source=rss The Senate voted 90-6 against funding the closure of the detention facility. Gitmo general told Iraq WMD search team to torture By Mark Benjamin Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/05/15/miller/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/05/15/miller/index.html?source=rss After the invasion of Iraq, Gen. Geoffrey Miller told the Iraq Survey Group they were "running a country club" and needed to get tough on prisoners. A secret e-mail argument among psychologists about torture By Sheri Fink Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/05/08/apa_listserv/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/05/08/apa_listserv/index.html?source=rss Private messages reveal a dispute at the highest levels about the proper role of psychologists in interrogation, and whether cooperating with the Bush administration was unethical. Obama can't fix the military commissions By Denny LeBoeuf Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/05/08/military_commissions/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/05/08/military_commissions/index.html?source=rss The president won't be able to tweak the unlawful and inconsistent system for prosecuting Guantánamo detainees. He has to scrap it entirely. Dems drop money for Guantanamo closure By Alex Koppelman Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/05/04/guantanamo_funding/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/05/04/guantanamo_funding/index.html?source=rss A new spending bill written by House Democrats doesn't include $50 million the administration wants to pay for closing the detention facility. Quote of the day By Alex Koppelman Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/03/13/qotd/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/03/13/qotd/index.html?source=rss Sen. Orrin Hatch sends mixed messages about his position on bringing detainees from Guantanamo Bay to the continental U.S. DOJ drops "enemy combatant" designation By Alex Koppelman Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/03/13/enemy_combatant/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/03/13/enemy_combatant/index.html?source=rss The Obama administration will no longer employ the controversial term, but is the announcement really a significant policy shift? Pentagon report: Guantanamo meets Geneva standards By Alex Koppelman Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/02/20/guantanamo_geneva/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/02/20/guantanamo_geneva/index.html?source=rss A study requested by the Obama administration reportedly says the facility complies with the treaty, but offers some suggestions for improving prisoner conditions. James Inhofe, constitutional scholar By Alex Koppelman Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/02/04/inhofe/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/02/04/inhofe/index.html?source=rss The Oklahoma Republican advances a novel theory about who's responsible for prosecutions at Guantanamo Bay. S.F. liberals to host new Gitmo on Alcatraz? By Alex Koppelman Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/01/26/gitmo/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/01/26/gitmo/index.html?source=rss Republicans, fighting President Obama's order to shutter the prison, are using one suggestion of a substitute location to needle Democrats. President Obama's executive orders Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2009/01/22/executive_orders/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2009/01/22/executive_orders/index.html?source=rss The new president issues four executive orders on Guantanamo, interrogations and detainees. Obama seeks to suspend Gitmo trials By Vincent Rossmeier Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/01/21/obama_gitmo/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/01/21/obama_gitmo/index.html?source=rss President ordered military prosecutors to seek 120-day suspension of the Guantanamo Bay war crimes tribunals The right responds to Gitmo closure news By Alex Koppelman Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/01/13/maf_gitmo/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/01/13/maf_gitmo/index.html?source=rss One group, Move America Forward, is organizing a petition in favor of keeping the prison open. Obama will order closure of Guantanamo prison By Alex Koppelman Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/01/12/obama_gitmo/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/01/12/obama_gitmo/index.html?source=rss The Associated Press reports that, as one of his first official acts, the president-elect will issue an executive order closing the facility. Obama's plans for probing Bush torture By Mark Benjamin Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/11/13/torture_commission/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/11/13/torture_commission/index.html?source=rss President Bush could pardon officials involved in brutal interrogations -- but he may also face a sweeping investigation under the new president. Confessions of a former Guantánamo prosecutor By Stacy Sullivan Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/10/23/vandeveld/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/10/23/vandeveld/index.html?source=rss The inside story of a military lawyer who discovered stunning injustice at the heart of the Bush administration's military commissions. Is the U.S. putting mentally incompetent terror suspects on trial? By Joanne Mariner Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/09/29/gitmo_highvalue/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/09/29/gitmo_highvalue/index.html?source=rss At Guantánamo, bizarre proceedings with the 9/11 suspects raise questions about a prisoner's psychiatric evaluation and the murky role of the CIA.