Four Reporters Ejected from Gitmo Hearing after Revealing Name of Protected Witness

By: James Richardson (Diary)  |  May 7th at 09:25 PM  | 

Four journalists were ejected from a military commission pre-trial hearing for alleged terrorist and Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr after reporting the name of a protected witness and one-time interrogator, the Pentagon acknowledged Thursday. “We threw some people out there today because they disclosed the identity of a protected witness,” said Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell. “He had been clearly identified as someone who needed | Read More »

White House: Bush at Fault for Spike in Terrorist Recidivism Figures

By: James Richardson (Diary)  |  January 7th at 10:30 PM  | 

In what constitutes a staggering blow to President Obama’s goal of shuttering the Guantanamo Bay military detention facility, a new report by the Pentagon’s Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) says one in five former detainees have returned to militant activity following their release. But as with each successive challenge to the Obama White House, when all else invariably fails, the President and his aides blame the | Read More »

Obama Administration Repatriating Gitmo Detainees to Failed States

By: James Richardson (Diary)  |  December 21st at 10:56 PM  | 

Seen as a prelude to the White House honoring President Barack Obama’s pledge to shutter the controversial detention facility by January 22, Administration officials last week quietly repatriated twelve Guantanamo Bay detainees. Among those released were six Yemenis, four Afghanis, and two Somalis, many of whom have been in American custody for the last eight years. The decision to close Guantanamo–by transferring and trying in | Read More »