guantanamo bay

President Barack Obama says the detention center at Guantanamo Bay undermines America's national security and needs to be closed.

24/7 News Source - The lawyer for a prisoner held at Guantanamo Bay wants his client classified as a "soldier" under international war rules. The change could allow the suspected terrorist to escape prosecution. The U.S. State Department says the prisoner was chosen by Osama bin Laden to oversee al-Qaeda's operations in Iraq...

. American officials say a Kuwaiti national who's been jailed at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for more than a decade without ever being charged "does not pose a significant threat to the United States." The Defense Department announced today that Fouzi Khalid Abdullah Al Awda is now in the hands of the government of Kuwait...

The Republican-led House on Friday overwhelmingly approved a $570 billion defense bill that halts any Guantanamo transfers for a year in the furor over the American-for-Taliban swap and pulls back government spying. The vote was 340-73 for the legislation that provides money for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, personnel, ships and aircraft ...

Freed Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl's condition is improving, but officials declined to say when Bergdahl will be moved from a military hospital in Germany to treatment in the U.S., saying there's no timeline. Bergdahl was swapped over the weekend for five Taliban detainees from the U...

Yasiin Bey, better known to the world as Mos Def, a hip hop icon and actor, decided to show the world what a typical day in like at Guantanamo Bay for Muslims who are practicing fasting for Ramadan.