Guantanamo Bay Cases

Of the 779 known detainees who have been held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba -- terrorism suspects, sympathizers of Al Qaeda, people deemed enemy combatants by the United States military -- only one was a journalist. The journalist, Sami al-Hajj, was working for Al Jazeera as a cameraman when he was stopped by Pakistani forces on the border with Afghanistan in late 2001. More on Guantánamo Bay  

STERLING, Ill. - Emotions are running high at a public hearing on a plan to bring alleged terrorists from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to a rural western Illinois prison. Gov. Pat Quinn plans to sell the Thomson Correctional Center to the federal government ...  

Supporters and opponents of a plan to transfer about 100 detainees from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to a prison in the U.S. state of Illinois attended a public hearing on the matter Tuesday.  

(By Charlie Savage, New York Times) Rebuffed this month by skeptical lawmakers when it sought finances to buy a prison in rural Illinois, the Obama administration is struggling to come up with the money to replace the Guantanamo Bay prison.As a result, officials now believe that they are unlikely to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and transfer its population of terrorism suspects until 2011 at the earliest - a far slower timeline for...  

STERLING, Ill., Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Hundreds of people turned out Tuesday for a hearing on whether to move terrorism detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to a prison in Illinois.  

Politicians hoping to capitalize on a plan to move prisoners from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to sleepy Thomson, Ill., spin it one of two ways: Jobs, jobs, jobs! Or danger, danger, danger! The Obama administration announced last week that it wants to buy ...  

Rebuffed this month by skeptical lawmakers when it sought finances to buy a prison in rural Illinois, the Obama administration is struggling to come up with the money to replace the Guantánamo Bay prison. As a result, officials now believe that they are unlikely to close the prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and transfer its population of terrorism suspects until 2011 at the earliest -- a far slower timeline for achieving one of President Obama...  

STERLING, Ill. — Emotions ran high Tuesday at a hearing that gave Illinois residents their first chance to weigh in on a plan to bring terrorism suspects from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to a prison in rural western Illinois.Gov. Read more on NewsOK.com  

Note: The following text is a quote: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASES Sunday, December 20, 2009 United States Transfers 12 Guantanamo Bay Detainees to Afghanistan, Yemen and the Somaliland Region Twelve detainees have been transferred from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to Afghanistan, Yemen and the Somaliland region. As directed by the President’s Jan. 22, 2009 Executive Order, the interagency Guantanamo Review Task Force conducted a...  

Many legal questions still need to be answered about how to handle Guantanamo Bay detainees. This dilemma continues to be a hot topic along with the 9/11 Trial Security Plans, as previously discussed. Recently, however, Judge Royce Lamberth weighed in on the... Continue reading this article, and get more legal news and information, at FindLaw.com.  

The Obama administration says moving detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to a prison in Thomson, Illinois, will create about 3,000 jobs in the region. But some experts say in reality, small towns rarely see long term economic gains from having prisons. A state commission will hold a holding a public hearing Tuesday on the administration's plan to acquire the prison about 150 miles west of Chicago.  

The government of Yemen on Saturday took custody of six detainees formerly held for years without trial at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, according to a senior Obama administration official and others involved in the process. The ...  

The Department of Justice this morning announced that twelve detainees have been transferred from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to Afghanistan, Yemen and the Somaliland region. Here’s the announcement, with the names of the detainees ...  

The Obama administration has decided to bring detainees from the secure military installation of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to a prison in Thomson. This raises a number of concerns. First of all, this once relatively unknown and peaceful area of Carroll County is now known to jihadists around the world. While the detainees will be placed in a high-security prison, what measures will be put in place to ensure the safety of the surrounding communities?  

From an elated Reuters: U.S. sends 12 Guantanamo detainees to home countries December 20, 2009 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Twelve inmates have been transferred from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Afghanistan, Yemen and the breakaway Somali enclave of Somaliland, the U.S. Justice Department said on Sunday. Six Yemeni and four Afghan detainees were sent [...]