by Jesse Kirsch | Mar 2, 2015 | National Security
WASHINGTON—As Congress hurries to fund the Department of Homeland Security, the House Democratic Whip said on Monday the GOP majority is splintered, making the job in the week ahead a challenge. A whip’s job is to know how members of Congress will vote; so you could...
by Paige Leskin | Mar 2, 2015 | National Security
By Paige Leskin GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba — Although the Pentagon late Thursday reversed its order that the judge presiding over the USS Cole bombing trial had to move to Guantanamo for the duration of the proceedings, lawyers for the man accused of in the attack...
by Joshua Rosenblat | Mar 2, 2015 | Topics
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in a case questioning whether the statements made by a 3-1/2-year-old boy to his preschool teachers about suspected child abuse qualified as “testimonial hearsay.” In March 2010, teachers at...
by Medha Imam | Feb 27, 2015 | Business
By Medha Imam Rebecca Ayers crawls out of bed with her phone in tow and ambles into her home office. From the moment she wakes up to the second she clocks out, Ayers leads a team of workers from three different states through a trail of instant messages,...
by Tyler Pager | Feb 27, 2015 | National Security
By Tyler Pager GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba – The Pentagon rescinded its order Friday that forced military judges to relocate to Guantanamo Bay. The order, known as Change 1, was an effort to speed up the military commissions, but instead delayed proceedings in both...
by Paige Leskin | Feb 27, 2015 | National Security
By Tyler Pager and Paige Leskin GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — Three of the highest ranking military legal officers will testify Friday afternoon on whether the Pentagon was unlawfully involved in the USS Cole bombing trial. The presiding judge, Air Force...
by Tyler Pager | Feb 27, 2015 | National Security
By Tyler Pager and Paige Leskin The court will hear testimony Friday from The Judge Advocate Generals of the U.S. Army and the U.S Air Force. The defense called the two officials to speak on a senior Pentagon official’s order that the military judge must move to...
by Tyler Pager | Feb 26, 2015 | National Security
[rev_slider DowntownGitmo] Downtown Guantanamo Bay looks like any American small town. It has two outdoor movie theaters, a large sports complex, a McDonald’s, a bowling alley and a library. It offers service members and their families the opportunity to...
by Tyler Pager | Feb 26, 2015 | National Security
[rev_slider XRay] Camp X-Ray was the first detention center established at Guantanamo Bay and held detainees from mid-January 2002 to mid-April 2002. It was originally constructed in the 1990s to hold the criminals who arrived with Cuban and Haitian...
by Paige Leskin | Feb 26, 2015 | National Security, Topics
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by Tyler Pager | Feb 26, 2015 | National Security
By Tyler Pager GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL STATION, Cuba — An order to relocate military judges to Guantanamo will not immediately delay the trial of the alleged mastermind of the USS Cole bombing, though it is slowing down the trial of 9/11 terror suspect Khalid Sheik...
