Guantanamo

Plenty Of Room At Guantanamo Bay for Trump's 'Bad Dudes'

7:26pm February 08, 2017

by David Welna

President Trump inherited 41 "law of war" captives in Guantanamo, well below the 242 there when Barack Obama took office. A visit to the prison camps finds them ready for more occupants.

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President Obama shakes hands with Oman's Deputy Prime Minister Sayyid Fahad Bin Mahmood Al Said at Camp David, Md., on May 14, 2015. Oman said Monday that it had accepted 10 prisoners being released from Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. That reduces the number of

10 Guantanamo Prisoners Freed In Oman; 45 Detainees Remain

1:24pm January 16, 2017

by Greg Myre

Under President Obama, the detainee population has gone from 242 to 45. But he hasn't closed Guantanamo as pledged, and Donald Trump has called for more suspects to be sent to the prison in Cuba.

A flag waves inside Camp 6 at the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba last February.

4 More Prisoners Leave Guantanamo In Waning Days Of Obama Administration

10:02am January 06, 2017

by Doreen McCallister

The four released detainees are from Yemen and have been accepted by Saudi Arabia. They were never charged and had been at the Guantanamo Bay prison for more than 14 years.

The U.S. Naval Station at Guantanamo holds the U.S. prison known as "Gitmo." President Obama said when he took office in 2009 that he wanted to close the prison, but 60 prisoners remain.

Trump Has Vowed To Fill Guantanamo With 'Some Bad Dudes' — But Who?

6:19pm November 14, 2016

by David Welna

President Obama promised to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo. President-elect Trump has said he'll keep it open, though only 60 prisoners are there today.

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Mohamedou Ould Slahi, a recently released Guantanamo Bay prisoner who wrote the best-selling book Guantanamo Diary, in Nouakchott, Mauritania.

Author Of 'Guantanamo Diary' Released From Military Prison

6:18pm October 18, 2016

by Rebecca Hersher

Mohamedou Ould Slahi was sent to his home country of Mauritania after 14 years of imprisonment. His heavily redacted book about his time in the U.S. facility was published in January 2015.

A static display shows the belongings of a typical inmate in a prison cell at camp V at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in 2013.

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15 Guantanamo Bay Detainees Transferred To United Arab Emirates

9:11am August 16, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

It's the largest single release of Guantanamo detainees since President Obama took office. The population of the military prison in Cuba is now down to 61.

A detainee cell in Camp 6 inside the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in February.

After 9 Detainees Transferred From Guantanamo, The Number Held There Drops To 80

9:06am April 17, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

The group transferred to Saudi Arabia represented just over 10 percent of the population that remained at Guantanamo. It's another step toward Obama's goal of shuttering the facility by next year.

Leg shackles lie on the floor at Camp 6 detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on Jan. 21, 2009.

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Guantanamo's Prisoner Population Drops To 89

4:00pm April 05, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Two Libyan detainees were transferred to Senegal on Monday, the first Guantanamo prisoners accepted by that country. Of the 89 detainees still at Guantanamo, 35 have been cleared for release.

A guard tower stands at the perimeter of Camp Delta in the Guantanamo Bay detention center on March 30, 2010. On Sunday, the Pentagon announced five Yemeni detainees had been transferred to the United Arab Emirates.

U.S. Transfers 5 Guantanamo Detainees To The United Arab Emirates

9:02pm November 15, 2015

by Camila Domonoske

Four of the detainees had been cleared for transfer since January 2010; the other was approved last year, the Pentagon said Sunday night. The transfer leaves 107 detainees at Guantanamo.

The Pentagon's only maximum security prison, at the U.S. Army's Fort Leavenworth in Kansas, is one of the facilities being considered for placement of Guantanamo prisoners deemed too dangerous to release.

Kansas, South Carolina Take NIMBY Stance On Guantanamo Prisoners

7:45pm August 31, 2015

by David Welna

President Obama's plan to close Guantanamo lacks a crucial element: a U.S. prison to hold captives too dangerous to release. The Pentagon is considering military prisons in Kansas and South Carolina.

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