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'King of Torture' testifies in USS Cole case

World News // 3 months ago

'King of Torture' testifies in USS Cole case

At a pretrial hearing in the case against the accused mastermind of the USS Cole bombing, a former Army interrogator said he subjected a prisoner held at Bagram prison in Afghanistan to days of sleep deprivation.

Guantanamo court weighs testimony from alternative suspect in USS Cole case

World News // 3 months ago

Guantanamo court weighs testimony from alternative suspect in USS Cole case

Defense lawyers who represent the accused mastermind behind the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole sought Wednesday to limit testimony from federal agents who interviewed an alternative suspected organizer of the attack.

SCOTUS nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson defends child porn sentencings, record on crime

U.S. News // 4 months ago

SCOTUS nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson defends child porn sentencings, record on crime

Senate Republicans got their chance on Tuesday to lay into questioning of Supreme Court hopeful Ketanji Brown Jackson, many of whom are likely to vote against her confirmation as President Joe Biden's first nominee.

U.S. rejects use of testimony obtained by torture in Guantanamo detainee trial

U.S. News // 6 months ago

U.S. rejects use of testimony obtained by torture in Guantanamo detainee trial

U.S. will not use statements obtained through torture during any stage of the legal proceedings concerning a Guantanamo Bay detainee accused of being the mastermind behind a fatal bombing of a Navy destroyer in 2000.

Lithuania pays U.S. terror suspect $113,000 for enduring CIA agents' torture

World News // 7 months ago

Lithuania pays U.S. terror suspect $113,000 for enduring CIA agents' torture

The government in Lithuania has paid more than $100,000 in compensation to a Saudi terror suspect who officials say was held and tortured by the CIA in the Baltic country without ever facing formal charges.

Biden signs $770B defense bill to overhaul sex assault crimes prosecution

U.S. News // 7 months ago

Biden signs $770B defense bill to overhaul sex assault crimes prosecution

President Joe Biden signed Monday a nearly $770 billion defense bill into law, which includes an overhaul on sex assault crimes prosecution.

U.S. Navy combat ship halted in Cuba amid COVID-19 outbreak

U.S. News // 7 months ago

U.S. Navy combat ship halted in Cuba amid COVID-19 outbreak

A U.S. Navy combat ship deployed to Caribbean and Eastern Pacific drug trafficking missions halted in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba over the weekend amid COVID-19 outbreak.

Trial for accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed restarts in Cuba

U.S. News // 11 months ago

Trial for accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed restarts in Cuba

Four days before the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11., 2001, attacks, the federal terrorism prosecution against accused plot mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed is scheduled to resume on Tuesday.

Tropical Storm Fred moves over Alabama after drenching Florida Panhandle

U.S. News // 1 year ago

Tropical Storm Fred moves over Alabama after drenching Florida Panhandle

Fred weakened to a tropical depression over southeastern Alabama on Tuesday morning, while bringing heavy rain and a threat of flooding inland across eastern portions of the state and into western Georgia.

Biden admin transfers Guantanamo Bay detainee to Morocco

U.S. News // 1 year ago

Biden admin transfers Guantanamo Bay detainee to Morocco

The Biden administration announced early Monday that it has transferred its first prisoner from the Guantanamo Bay facility, leaving 39 remaining at the controversial Cuban detention center.

The Guantanamo Bay detention camp is a United States military prison located within Guantanamo Bay Naval Base,[1] also referred to as Guantánamo, G-bay or GTMO (pronounced 'gitmo'), which fronts on Guantánamo Bay in Cuba. At the time of its establishment in January 2002, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said the prison camp was established to detain extraordinarily dangerous people, to interrogate detainees in an optimal setting, and to prosecute detainees for war crimes.[2]

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