Guantánamo Bay

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Guantánamo Bay


Ten Years at Guantanamo

Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay (Photo: Katy Clark)

Ten years ago today, the first group of 20 detainees landed at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba.

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America and Guantanamo

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Harvard professor Jonathan Hansen’s book details America’s centuries-long fascination with Cuba.

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How the CIA Rendition Program Was Carried Out

Afsheen John Radsan (Photo: William Mitchell College of Law)

A lawsuit involving is revealing details about how the CIA’s rendition program was carried out.

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Artwork From Guantanamo Bay

(Photo courtesy: Emma Reverter)

Detainees at the prison have been taking art classes for about a year.

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Physicians ignored Guantanamo torture evidence

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Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Dr.Vincent Iacopino of “Physicians for Human Rights” about a report he helped write which claims that medical personnel serving at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility ignored evidence that prisoners there had been tortured. Download MP3

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Casio watch deemed a sign of terrorist training

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Anchor Lisa Mullins talks with Wired.com reporter Spencer Ackerman about reports that owning a Casio F-91 W watch was deemed by analysts at the Guantánamo Bay prison to be a sign that the wearer had been trained in bomb-making by Al-Qaeda. Download MP3

Guantánamo Bay files: Casio wristwatch ‘the sign of al-Qaida’

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Shifting deadline for Guantanamo closure

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President Obama’s self-imposed deadline for closing the controversial detention operation at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba is this Friday. He’s already acknowledged he won’t meet that deadline. The World’s Katy Clark toured the facility earlier this month to find out how people there are preparing for its closure, whenever that might be. Download MP3


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Palau agrees to take in former Guantanamo detainees

Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Stewart Beck, United Nations representative to the Pacific Island nation of Palau, about the 17 Chinese Uighurs now detained Guantanamo Bay who will soon be making Palau their home. Listen

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