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Omicron isn’t significantly impacting Navy operations, admiral says
The Navy has had outbreaks of all COVID-19 variants on its ships, officials say.
By Diana Stancy
‘The Mauritanian’ tells story of Guantánamo inmate who spent 14 years imprisoned without charges
Mohamedou Ould Slahi was released from Guantánamo Bay detention camp in October 2016.
By Jon Simkins
Biden’s win means some Guantanamo prisoners may be released
Biden's precise intentions for Guantanamo remain unclear, however.
Ex-Guantanamo commander gets 2-year prison sentence for lying in man’s death
Capt. John R. Nettleton was convicted in January of interfering in the investigation of the death of a civilian whose wife he had an affair with.
Another military judge steps away from stalled Guantanamo 9/11 trial
Marine Col. Stephen F. Keane said he must recuse himself because of his past work for the government and personal connections to victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Back-to-back deployments for Minnesota National Guard unit
One of the first Minnesota National Guard units to respond to unrest following George Floyd's death in Minneapolis is headed out on a new mission.
Judge orders medical panel for ’20th hijacker’ at Guantanamo
A federal judge has ordered that an independent medical panel conduct a review of the mental health of a Saudi prisoner at the Guantanamo Bay detention center who has been accused of trying to enter the U.S. to be the 20th hijacker in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Second ex-CIA contractor testifies on interrogations in 9/11 case at Guantanamo
A former CIA contractor who helped design a harsh interrogation program following the the Sept. 11 attacks sought Friday to minimize the severity of techniques used on the men facing war crimes charges for their alleged roles in the plot.
Ex-CIA contractor defends post-9/11 interrogations
An architect of the brutal CIA interrogation and detention program developed after the Sept. 11 attacks defended the agency and its practices on Tuesday as those techniques become the focus of an effort to dismiss key evidence against five men charged in the terrorist plot.
Jury: Ex-Guantanamo CO obstructed justice in death of civilian worker
A sentencing date has not yet been set.
The corrosive impact of torture on the rule of law
Torture erodes the rule of law as it burns away the protections we treat as sacrosanct in our American system of justice, says the author of this commentary.
By Brig. Gen. John G. Baker