Read more detainees stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/30399/detainees.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:09:38 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74252/conservatives-to-gop-stop-gitmo-scaremongering.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThree leading conservatives sought to quash what they called “scaremongering” by Republican politicians over plans to relocate Guantanamo Bay detainees to a prison in Illinois. In a joint statement, Bob Barr, David Keene, and Grover Norquist said the prison was secure enough to hold the detainees. “The federal prison system...http://www.newser.com/story/74252/conservatives-to-gop-stop-gitmo-scaremongering.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 17 Nov 2009 16:02:04 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74132/ill-dems-rally-around-plan-to-take-gitmo-prisoners.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIllinois' governor and senior senator spent yesterday feverishly trying to regain momentum on their plan to use a nearly empty maximum-security prison 150 miles from Chicago to house Gitmo detainees. With federal officials visiting Thomson Correctional Center today, local GOP lawmakers had gone on the offense Saturday, calling it a...http://www.newser.com/story/74132/ill-dems-rally-around-plan-to-take-gitmo-prisoners.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 16 Nov 2009 9:14:13 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74007/prosecutors-hope-plea-deals-will-close-gitmo-cases.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFederal and military prosecutors looking to convict Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other high-profile Guantanamo Bay detainees are competing with each other to offer plea bargains to lower-profile inmates in exchange for testimony. Some detainees have remained at Gitmo because they are considered too difficult to prosecute, and the evidence against...http://www.newser.com/story/74007/prosecutors-hope-plea-deals-will-close-gitmo-cases.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Nov 2009 16:45:36 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73031/6-gitmo-uighurs-arrive-in-palau.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSix Chinese Muslims newly released from Guantanamo Bay traded life behind bars today for rooms with ocean view in the tiny Pacific nation of Palau. The Uighurs, in US custody since 2001, were met at the airport in the middle of the night by President Johnson Toribiong and taken to...http://www.newser.com/story/73031/6-gitmo-uighurs-arrive-in-palau.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 01 Nov 2009 7:56:27 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72796/metallica-singer-proud-of-musics-role-in-torture.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMetallica frontman James Hetfield is rather proud his band's music was played at top volume to break down the resistance of Guantanamo detainees under interrogation. "It’s strong, it’s music that’s powerful,” he told an interviewer from a German TV network. “It represents something that they don’t like—maybe freedom, aggression—...http://www.newser.com/story/72796/metallica-singer-proud-of-musics-role-in-torture.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 29 Oct 2009 1:46:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70149/closing-spruced-up-gitmo-would-be-a-waste.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMoney is being poured into improving the quality of life for Guantanamo detainees just as the government works toward closing the detention center, writes a puzzled Judith Miller after a tour. Recreation facilities and classrooms are being expanded, and inmates have access to satellite TV. Prisoners are given a choice...http://www.newser.com/story/70149/closing-spruced-up-gitmo-would-be-a-waste.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 24 Sep 2009 1:23:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69263/obama-to-let-bagram-prisoners-challenge-detention.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe White House plans to give some 600 detainees at a US-run prison in Kabul greater power to dispute their custody, the New York Times reports. After an expected rubber stamp from Congress, the Obama administration will send representatives to Bagram Air Base to amass evidence and witnesses for detainees....http://www.newser.com/story/69263/obama-to-let-bagram-prisoners-challenge-detention.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 12 Sep 2009 20:20:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67920/memos-cia-kept-prisoner-awake-chained-for-6-days.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn late 2007, a year after the Bush administration abandoned its harshest interrogation methods, CIA operatives used severe sleep deprivation tactics against a terror detainee twice, keeping him awake for 5 and then 6 straight days, with permission from government lawyers to go over the 4-day limit. Interrogators kept the...http://www.newser.com/story/67920/memos-cia-kept-prisoner-awake-chained-for-6-days.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 27 Aug 2009 10:26:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67593/justice-report-recommends-prisoner-abuse-investigations.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA report by the ethics office of the Justice Department recommends reopening a dozen cases of alleged prisoner abuse, a move that would expose CIA employees to prosecution if it's determined they tortured terrorism suspects, reports the New York Times . Legal experts predict Attorney General Eric Holder will launch a...http://www.newser.com/story/67593/justice-report-recommends-prisoner-abuse-investigations.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 24 Aug 2009 3:09:12 CDT