The secret mission left the smallest number of prisoners at Guantánamo Bay since the day the detention center opened in 2002.
Author: Carol Rosenberg
Guantánamo Convict Sues to Stop U.S. Plan to Send Him to Prison in Iraq
A court filing said the prisoner was at risk for abuse and might not be able to get adequate health care if transferred.
‘20th Hijacker’ Is Denied Transfer From Federal Supermax to French Prison
Zacarias Moussaoui, the only person to be convicted in connection with the 9/11 attacks, had requested to serve the rest of his life sentence in his native country instead of a prison in Colorado.
Trial Set to Start Next Year in Bombing of U.S.S. Cole
The judge reserved a courtroom for fall 2025. Seventeen U.S. sailors were killed in the bombing, which was a precursor to the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Qaeda Commander at Guantánamo Bay Is Sentenced for War Crimes
A U.S. military jury decided on a 30-year prison term. But under a plea deal, the prisoner’s sentence will end in 2032.
War Crimes Hearing Gives Public Virtual Look Inside a Secret C.I.A. Prison
Years after the agency’s “black site” program was shut down, details are slowly emerging during trials at Guantánamo Bay.
War Veterans and Family Testify at Al Qaeda Commander’s War Crimes Tribunal
Victims of insurgent attacks in wartime Afghanistan described their loss to a jury at Guantánamo Bay to give a human face to a written guilty plea.
Judge in Sept. 11 Case Visits Former C.I.A. Black Site
Col. Matthew McCall toured the part of the prison at Guantánamo Bay where, in 2007, federal agents obtained now-disputed confessions from terrorism suspects.
In Bali Bombing Trial, Victims Describe Their Pain and Prisoners Apologize
A Guantánamo military court heard anguishing testimony at the sentencing hearing for two Malaysian prisoners who pleaded guilty after 20 years of detention.
Bali Bombers May Return to Malaysia After Sentencing
The two prisoners have admitted to conspiring with an affiliate of Al Qaeda that carried out a deadly bombing in Indonesia two decades ago.