Guantanamo

Prosecution States Its Case in First Guantánamo Trial

New York Times (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago

As Salim Hamdan’s war crimes trial opened, the prosecution had its chance to explain what driving Osama bin Laden, the leader of Al Qaeda, meant.

Prosecutors State Case in First Guantánamo Trial

OTB News (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago

As Salim Hamdan’s war crimes trial opened, the prosecution had its chance to explain what driving Osama bin Laden, the leader of Al Qaeda, meant.

Guantanamo prisoner's cooperation with interrogators hurts him at war crimes trial

StarTribune.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

The first week of Salim Hamdan's trial ended Friday with the latest in a series of FBI interrogators testifying about valuable information from the defendant, a former driver for Osama bin Laden who once mingled with many of America's most wanted terror suspects.

Guantanamo war crimes defendant helped Bin Laden succeed, FBI agent testifies

LA Times (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago

Bit players like the Al Qaeda leader's driver are key to protecting Bin Laden, says a spy who interrogated Salim Ahmed Hamdan for 13 days, building a relationship with him by giving him snacks and oth Salim Ahmed Hamdan may have been only a driver for Osama bin Laden, but the legions of bit players in Al Qaeda are what has allowed the terrorist leader to succeed, an FBI agent testified Friday.

A reality check from Guantánamo Bay

ac360blog (Free subscription) | yesterday

Mavish Rukhsana | Website Author, My Guantanmo Diary I expected a stern, forbidding place. Instead I found sunshine and smiling young soldiers, boozy nighttime barbecues, snorkeling and beaches that call to you for a midnight swim. Guantanamo Bay is physically a beautiful place...

UK Officials "Duped by US" Over Guantanamo Torture Claim

Truth Out (Free subscription) | yesterday

The Government faces accusations that it has been duped by the US military after Foreign Office officials claimed that a UK resident held for four years in Guantanamo Bay without contact with other prisoners was not being kept in solitary confinement. A letter sent to lawyers representing Binyam Mohamed, the last Guantanamo inmate with the automatic right to British residency, also asserts that there...

• Ministers 'duped by US' over Guantanamo inmate's torture claim - Democratic Underground
• Ministers 'duped by US' over Guantanamo inmate's torture claim - The Independent

Turner to visit Guantanamo

Dayton Daily News (Free subscription) | yesterday

Rep. Mike Turner left Friday morning for Guantanamo.

Reputed boss of detainee facing war crimes trial was released from Guantanamo

San Diego Union (Free subscription) | yesterday

A Moroccan prisoner released from Guantanamo in 2004 was Osama bin Laden's top bodyguard, according to testimony Thursday in the war crimes trial of another alleged bodyguard.

• Detainee on trial said boss left Gitmo - Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Detainee on trial said boss left Guantanamo

OTB News (Free subscription) | yesterday

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) — A Moroccan prisoner released from Guantanamo in 2004 was Osama bin Laden’s top bodyguard, according to testimony Thursday in the war crimes trial of another alleged bodyguard….

FBI agents testify at Guantanamo war crimes trial

OTB News (Free subscription) | yesterday

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) — A captured driver for Osama bin Laden did not fully cooperate with efforts to find the terrorist leader, FBI agents said Thursday, countering defense claims that he provided valuable assistance….

Goal of Hamdan Trial: Credibility

Washington Post (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba -- Salim Ahmed Hamdan did not want to fight.

Detainee on trial said boss left Guantanamo (AP)

Get Mash (Free subscription) | yesterday

AP - A Moroccan prisoner released from Guantanamo in 2004 was Osama bin Laden’s top bodyguard, according to testimony Thursday in the war crimes trial of another alleged bodyguard. Read the full story

(Cool) Shite Podcast 184 - Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay

(Cool) Shite on the Tube (Free subscription) | yesterday

The Podcast This episode comes in at 17megs. Direct Link to mp3 Digg the Review Show Reviews Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay Follows the cross-country adventures of the pot-smoking duo as they try to outrun authorities who suspect them of being terrorists when they try to sneak a bong on board their flight to Amsterdam. Trailer Feedback & Discussion And leave comments and suggestions in...

Defendant's knowledge of al-Qaeda used against him in Guantanamo trial

CBC.ca (Free subscription) | yesterday

A driver and bodyguard for Osama Bin Laden who gave detailed, insider knowledge of al-Qaeda to U.S. agents is seeing his words used against him at his military trial for at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

ACLU At Guantánamo For First Military Commission Trial This Week

ACLU (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008

NEW YORK - With the military commission trial of Yemeni national Salim Ahmed Hamdan underway this week, the inherent flaws of this system continue to be apparent. The ACLU is at Guantánamo Bay observing the proceedings which began on Monday. The Hamdan trial is the first military commission trial to take place since the Bush administration set up the notorious Guantánamo detention camp as a way to...

Secret Gitmo video offers glimpse of interrogations, Watch Gitmo Video offers glimpse of interrogations

rockport | 07/16/2008

Check out Latest International News Burying his face in his hands, a 16-year-old captured in Afghanistan sobs and calls out "Oh Mommy!" in a hidden-camera video released on Tuesday that provides the first look at interrogations inside the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay.

Self-Parodying Journalist Slobber Features Neil Patrick Harris

cherylt | 05/01/2008

So, Neil Patrick Harris triumphs with a pithy turn in the stoner adventure , Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay . But how can anyone call his no-basis-in-reality debauched former child star portrayal an Oscar worthy self-parody? "To the delight of fans and critics alike, he reprises his turn as Neil Patrick Harris, a doped-up, egomaniacal, prostitute-loving, unicorn-riding narcissist wielding...

HORROR BLASPHEMY-PASSIO-THE PORNO-GAY JESUS BY MATTHIAS VON FISTEMBERG

raimondo | 04/03/2008

The New Issue: ‘Passio’ New Porn Flick Finds Religion Dark Alley Media’s first foray into controversial cinema brought us Gaytanamo , a gleeful mockery of the government’s war on terror and the Guantanamo prisons. Now the mischievous movie makers are dipping their toes into the wild world of religion. And, not surprisingly, they’re going to get some shocks, gasps and, hopefully, moans. James Withers