The White House has been picking up the pace of prisoner releases at the Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba. Still, actually emptying the prison and shutting down the facility will be difficult because Congress prohibits the transfer of Gitmo detainees to US soil.
Guards at the military prison in Guantanamo Bay clashed with inmates over the weekend. Carol Rosenberg covers Guantanamo Bay for the Miami Herald. She speaks with anchor Marco Werman about the latest violence and the ongoing hunger strikes.
A hunger strike among prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility has been growing in Camp 6, where cooperative detainees are being held.
Pre-trial hearings began Monday in the case against five men accused of terrorism, including Khalid Sheik Mohammed. But a reporter from the Miami Herald says the hearings could be complicated by questions about how the defendants were detained.
Mitt Romney and Barack Obama have divergent views on Guantanamo Bay — at least based on statements made years ago. In the current election cycles, neither man has really talked about the future he sees for the prison. But whoever is elected will be faced with precedent-setting cases in short order.
Ten years ago today, the first group of 20 detainees landed at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba.
Joining us to explain what his admission means for the future of Guant-namo is The Miami Herald's Carol Rosenberg, who has been reporting on the court hearings from the Guant-namo Bay Navy Base.
Carol Rosenberg is at the Omar Khadr trial in Guantanamo; she explains whether there are differences between these military courts under the Bush and Obama, and what to expect as the trial gets underway.