News Source: The Tribune
| about 1 month ago
President Barack Obama pledged to close the jail by January, but logistical woes and Republican roadblocks on Capitol Hill have made fulfilling that promise less likely. Much of resistance has been whipped up by former Vice President Dick Cheney, who...
News Source: Embassy
| about 1 month ago
As the New Democrat defence critic, I'm imploring the prime minister to take this opportunity to clear the air—if not out of moral rightness, then at least to honour those Canadian troops who were thrust into such a deeply compromised position.
News Source: CNN
| about 1 month ago
The Supreme Court tentatively agreed Tuesday to accept an appeal from a group of native Chinese Muslims who had asked to be released into the United States from American military custody at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The case may soon dissolve, however,...
News Source: Washington Post
| about 1 month ago
And the court's decision to hear it could further complicate plans to close the military prison in January, a deadline the Obama administration recently said it might be unable to meet. Last year, the court ruled 5 to 4 that a Guantanamo detainee had...
News Source: The Hill
| about 1 month ago
The court agreed to hear the case the same day critics of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars announced a new television advertising campaign aimed at closing Guantánamo. The case concerns 17 Muslim Uighur men from western China taken prisoner in...
News Source: The Jakarta Post
| about 1 month ago
The case could further complicate the administration's plans to close the Guantanamo prison where 220 or so men are still held. The court's fourth look at the terror-suspects detention system, created by the Bush administration following the Sept. 11,...