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 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By Tyler Pager GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba – The Pentagon rescinded its order Friday that forced military judges to relocate to Guantanamo Bay.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...
by Jesse Kirsch | Feb 25, 2015 | National Security
WASHINGTON—The fight against the self-proclaimed Islamic State could take months or years and requires broad support, a former NATO commander told the Senate Foreign Relations committee Wednesday. Retired Marine Gen. John R. Allen’s congressional testimony addressed...
by Tyler Pager | Feb 25, 2015 | National Security
By Tyler Pager and Paige Leskin GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL STATION, Cuba — A military judge said Wednesday he will not halt the trial of the alleged USS Cole bomber even though another judge decided to delay his separate trial of the 9/11 masterminds until a request...
by Paige Leskin | Feb 25, 2015 | National Security
By Tyler Pager and Paige Leskin Retired Maj. Gen. Vaughn Ary, the official who oversees the military court, is scheduled to testify Wednesday morning. He will speak to whether he unlawfully involved himself in the trial of the alleged USS Cole bomber by ordering the...
