WASHINGTON (AP) — Many detainees at Guantanamo Bay may be closer to heading home under a bipartisan deal reached in Congress that gives President Barack Obama a rare victory in his fight to close the prison for terror suspects. The ...

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GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — The self-styled terrorist mastermind of Sept. 11 wore a camouflage vest for the first time Wednesday at his military war crimes tribunal, a clothing choice previously denied because of fears it might disrupt the ...

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NEW YORK CITY — A judge has declined to force an investigation into whether an Army psychologist developed abusive interrogation techniques for detainees at Guantanamo Bay and should be stripped of his license, halting what advocates have called the first court case ...

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Supreme Court has turned away appeals from foreigners seeking their release after nine years of detention at Guantanamo Bay. The court on Monday rejected three separate claims asking the justices ...

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NEW YORK CITY — A trial seen as a test case for civilian prosecutions of Guantanamo detainees ended with a split verdict, giving ammunition for both sides in a debate over whether other suspected terrorists like self-professed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed should follow.

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NEW YORK CITY — A trial seen as a test case for civilian prosecutions of Guantanamo detainees ended with a split verdict, giving ammunition for both sides in a debate over whether other suspected terrorists like self-professed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed should follow.

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NEW YORK CITY — A New York City jury has ended its first day of deliberations Wednesday without a verdict at the trial of a Guantanamo detainee. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan allege that Ahmed Ghailani ...

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NEW YORK CITY — The first Guantanamo detainee to face a civilian trial was duped into doing dirty work for al-Qaida operatives who attacked two U.S. embassies in Africa in 1998, his attorney said Tuesday in closing arguments.

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NEW YORK CITY — The defense is expected to give its closing argument for the first Guantanamo detainee to face a civilian trial. The closings resume today at the Manhattan trial of Ahmed Ghailani.

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NEW YORK CITY — The first Guantanamo detainee to face a civilian trial is a "mass murderer" who played a key role in the terrorist bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa in 1998, a prosecutor said Monday in closing arguments.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — A U.S. appeals court has again upheld the continued detention of a former cook for Taliban forces who said he never fired a shot in battle. The full U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ...

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The New York State Bar Association’s Committee on Civil Rights this week unveiled a comprehensive legal blog designed to offer the latest developments and issues related to ...

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