Read more Guantanamo Bay stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/4081/guantanamo-bay.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:16:53 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74292/obama-we-wont-make-gitmo-deadline.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGuantanamo Bay prison won't close by the January deadline he set when he took office, President Obama admitted today, but he still hopes to shut it next year. Obama is "not disappointed" in missing the deadline, he says in a FoxNews interview airing this morning, since closing the facility is...http://www.newser.com/story/74292/obama-we-wont-make-gitmo-deadline.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Nov 2009 5:40:33 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/74054/prison-in-illinois-may-replace-gitmo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe leading contender to take Guantanamo Bay's prisoners when it shuts down is a federal prison in Illinois, sources tell the Chicago Tribune . The near-empty facility in the small town of Thompson, about 150 miles west of Chicago, would take an unspecified but "limited" number of Gitmo's remaining 215 or...http://www.newser.com/story/74054/prison-in-illinois-may-replace-gitmo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 14 Nov 2009 14:04:02 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/73998/911-plotters-will-face-death-holder.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagConfessed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed and his four co-defendants will face the death penalty, Eric Holder confirmed today, and the AG leapt to defend the decision to try them in a civilian court in New York. They will “answer for their alleged crimes in a courthouse just blocks away...http://www.newser.com/story/73998/911-plotters-will-face-death-holder.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Nov 2009 12:38:55 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73938/white-house-counsel-craig-stepping-down.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhite House counsel Gregory Craig is expected to resign as early as Friday, reports the Washington Post. Craig has taken much heat over the clumsy handling of the Guantanamo Bay closure, and his resignation isn't a huge surprise. It's still the highest-level departure in the Obama administration. He will be...http://www.newser.com/story/73938/white-house-counsel-craig-stepping-down.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Nov 2009 5:44:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73760/gitmo-mickey-dees-now-hiring.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe only McDonald's in Cuba is looking for an assistant manager. An ad posted on a job website last week invited candidates with valid American passports to apply for a job at the franchise at the Guantanamo Bay base. Burgers are shipped in from Florida and detainees cleared by the...http://www.newser.com/story/73760/gitmo-mickey-dees-now-hiring.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Nov 2009 7:32:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72856/no-clear-way-for-us-to-prosecute-gitmo-prisoners.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama is edging closer to his goal of closing the Guantanamo Bay prison: Congress has approved detainee trials on US soil and the National Defense Authorization Act, passed yesterday, attempts to repair the damaged legality of President Bush’s military-commissions system. But hurdles remain, with legal scholars split on using...http://www.newser.com/story/72856/no-clear-way-for-us-to-prosecute-gitmo-prisoners.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 29 Oct 2009 23:11:11 CDT