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Guantanamo hunger strike.
Obama, Not Congress, Is the Reason Guantánamo Is Still Open
During a news conference earlier this week, President Obama was asked about the mass hunger strike at the Guantánamo Bay detention facility.
Guantanamo’s Hunger Artists
The detention camp at Guantanamo Bay was established in 2002 to hold the most dangerous of those captured in what the Bush administration called the Global War on Terrorism.
Up All Night
President Obama’s declaration that he wants to close the camp at Guantanamo Bay and the current hunger strike as well.
The Diane Rehm Show
More than half the detainees at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo are on a hunger strike. Their lawyers as well as military officials say the protest reflects the level of despair felt by the prisoners there.
To The Point
Does the US Still Need the Prison at Guantanamo Bay? Barack Obama's first presidential order was to close Guantánamo Bay. Even George W. Bush agreed. But as he began his second term...
The Stream
More than half of the 166 detainees at Guantanamo Bay are now on a hunger strike to protest their indefinite detention by the US military. Although most low-level detainees have...
Washington Journal
FDD's Cliff May debates Hina Shamsi about the legal definition of an “enemy combatant” and the significance, history, and use of the term. They debated the implications of the Obama administration’s...
The CIA’s Interrogation Program Deserves a Public Airing
The Democrats on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence have bequeathed to the lucky few with clearances a 6,000-page report on the Central Intelligence Agency’s enhanced interrogation program.
What Did Iran Know?
Last week, the U.S. government announced that Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, Osama bin Laden’s Kuwaiti-born spokesman and son-in-law, had been arrested in Jordan and is awaiting trial in New York City.
HuffPost Live
FDD's Daveed Gartenstein-Ross discusses the capture of Osama bin Laden's son-in-law, Abu Ghaith, and his trial before a civilian court rather then being sent to Guantanamo Bay.
Out Front
FDD's Clifford May discusses the capture of Osama bin Laden's son-in-law and his trial inside a civilian court.
Ex-Guantanamo Detainee Reportedly Killed in Syria
A former Guantanamo detainee named Slimane Hadj Abderrahmane has reportedly been killed while fighting in Syria. The Copenhagen Post and other Danish media outlets have cited multiple sources...
The ‘Targeted-Killing’ Memos
‘Think about the mothers!” That was the anguished cry of one of the protesters from Code Pink, the left-wing women’s group that four times interrupted John Brennan’s confirmation hearing last week.
The Unending Gitmo Nightmare
In his State of the Union address Tuesday night, Obama proposed bringing greater transparency to the war on al Qaeda and creating a new group to research alternatives to fossil fuels. One thing he didn’t...
The Obama Doctrine: Is he an Imperialist With a Little Foot, or Just an Old-Fashioned Appeaser?
Here comes Ross Douthat, trying to sort out Obama’s foreign policy. He’s got the right idea: watch the actions, add them up, toss with just enough realism-speak, and voila! An Obama Doctrine.
Afghan Jail a ‘Tougher Problem Than Guantanamo’
With more than five times the number of prisoners than the detention facility on Guantanamo Bay, the U.S. jail next to Bagram Airfield is just one of many factors affecting the degree to which U.S. forces...
Daveed Gartenstein-Ross on the Future of Preventive Detention
Daveed Gartenstein-Ross of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies has a chapter in this new book, entitled “The Future of Preventive Detention Under International Law” (see pp. 257-266).
Gitmo’s Troubling Afterlife: The Global Consequences of U.S. Detention Policy
Senator Dianne Feinstein recently commissioned a Government Accountability Office report identifying prison facilities in the continental United States suitable for detainees currently held in Guantánamo...
Vocal Point
Calls to move Gitmo detainees to the continental United States.
