Read more Supermax stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/32791/supermax.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:31:32 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73994/republicans-decry-decision-to-try-911-planner-in-nyc.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRepublican leaders are sharply criticizing the Obama administration’s decision to prosecute Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in civilian court. John Boehner called the plan to try the confessed planner of the 9/11 attacks in New York "irresponsible” and accused AG Eric Holder of "reverting to a dangerous pre-9/11 mentality." Said the House...http://www.newser.com/story/73994/republicans-decry-decision-to-try-911-planner-in-nyc.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Nov 2009 12:15:36 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/64119/obama-books-banned-for-jailed-terrorist.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPrison officials refused to let an al-Qaeda terrorist serving 30 years in Supermax, a prison in Colorado, read Barack Obama's books, the Daily Telegraph reports. Ahmed Omar Abu Ali, an American citizen convicted of conspiring to, among other things, assassinate then–President George W. Bush, was told that the books contained...http://www.newser.com/story/64119/obama-books-banned-for-jailed-terrorist.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 11 Jul 2009 8:04:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61444/shoe-bomber-on-hunger-strike-in-colo-prison.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagConvicted terrorist Richard Reid has been on hunger strike inside Colorado's Supermax prison since March, reports the Times of London. The British Muslim, sentenced to life after attempting to blow up a transatlantic jet with bombs hidden in his shoes, has refused 59 meals in recent month. Reid has been...http://www.newser.com/story/61444/shoe-bomber-on-hunger-strike-in-colo-prison.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 10 Jun 2009 1:25:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60962/colorado-town-would-welcome-gitmo-inmates.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMembers of Congress have protested President Obama's efforts to move Guantanamo inmates to US prisons, but residents of Florence, Colo., say they wouldn't mind taking in a few enemy combatants. The supermax prison near town already holds some of the world's most infamous terrorists: a 1993 World Trade Center assailant,...http://www.newser.com/story/60962/colorado-town-would-welcome-gitmo-inmates.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 04 Jun 2009 7:36:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59909/supermax-neighbors-fear-gitmo-influx.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPeople who live near some of America's most notorious killers fear closing Guantanamo Bay will wreck their neighborhood, the New York Times reports. Residents of Cañon City, Colo., close to the Florence "Supermax" prison, worry the detainees will be transferred there, making them a target for terrorists and potentially prompting...http://www.newser.com/story/59909/supermax-neighbors-fear-gitmo-influx.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 23 May 2009 7:59:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/40459/bush-committed-to-gitmo-gulag.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDespite his stated desire to the contrary, President Bush and his most hawkish aides are determined to keep prison facilities operating at Guantánamo Bay, reports the New York Times . Bush made up his mind following a Supreme Court ruling in the summer granting 250 detainees the right to challenge their...http://www.newser.com/story/40459/bush-committed-to-gitmo-gulag.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 21 Oct 2008 3:56:44 CDT