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Supreme Court rules government can withhold information about alleged CIA black site

Supreme Court rules government can withhold information about alleged CIA black site

by Maia Pandey | Mar 3, 2022 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON — In a series of divided opinions, the Supreme Court ruled Monday that the United States does not have to turn over information about the existence of an alleged Central Intelligence Agency black site under its state secrets privilege. Justice Stephen...
Amid Flames and Exploding Land Mines, Cuba and the US find Common Ground

Amid Flames and Exploding Land Mines, Cuba and the US find Common Ground

by Eric Miller | Mar 1, 2018 | Featured, Politics

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – For 50 years they’ve been adversaries separated by a fence line. But for a few days last week, soldiers from the U.S. and Cuba fought on the same side, battling a massive wildfire that threatened Guantanamo Bay Naval Base. The blaze set off...
Panel: Gitmo should close in the next decade.

Panel: Gitmo should close in the next decade.

by Edwin Rios | Jan 10, 2012 | National Security

WASHINGTON — The Guantanamo Bay detention facility should be closed within the next decade because it undermines U.S. security, a member of the House defense appropriations committee said Tuesday. “As long Guantanamo continues to exist, it undermines our...
A guilty plea could be the quickest way out of Guantanamo Bay

A guilty plea could be the quickest way out of Guantanamo Bay

by Peter Larson | Feb 23, 2011 | National Security, Politics

The joke at Gitmo used to be in order to win you have to lose. Take it from Air Force Col. Morris Davis, former chief prosecutor of the military commissions at Guantanamo Bay. Davis presided over the prosecution of detainees from 2005 to 2007. He brought charges...

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