He faces opposition from many lawmakers who feared "hardened terrorists are being released to foreign countries where they will be a threat...

  President Barack Obama is downsizing the prison by transferring detainees not considered security threats to foreign countries.

  If enacted into law, the Obama-backed plan would allow detained terrorism suspects who plead guilty to serve their sentences in a third...

  A defense lawyer said medical records provided by the prosecution had been insufficient

 

President Obama is considering executive action to close the facility.  

 

  A report by the U.S. Senate published in 2014 said the CIA used sexual threats, waterboarding and other harsh...

Negotiating prisoner releases with the Pentagon was like "punching a pillow," said a State Department official

  Bush's plan to counter Islamic State includes a provision that if elected in November 2016, he would maintain the...

  "The US is grateful to... Saudi Arabia for its willingness to support... efforts to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility"

  Guantanamo detainee said interrogators poured ice water on his genitals and repeatedly touched his "private parts"

  The five defendants could be put to death if convicted of key roles in the Sept. 11 attacks