guantanamo
The Plan to Shut Gitmo and Turn It Into an Ocean Research Lab
It might sound far-fetched. Is it though?
The Number of Former Guantanamo Detainees Suspected of 'Returning to the Fight' Has Doubled
The latest twice-yearly US government report tracking former Guantanamo detainees found that an additional six are suspected of engaging in terrorist or insurgent activities.
US-UK Row Reopens Over 'Dangerous' Ex-Guantanamo Detainee Shaker Aamer
A US senator claimed this week that Aamer was not transferred to the UK with the full agreement of the US government and military. Meanwhile, British officials said the US case had been "discredited."
Obama Unveils Guantanamo Closure 'Plan' to Immediate Criticism From All Sides
Eight years after he first vowed to close the detention facility at Guantanamo, Obama delivered a long-awaited plan Tuesday that offered little in the way of new ideas.
Emails Show That Even Military Commanders Have to 'Vent on Occasion' at Guantanamo
Military commanders reacted to an infamous detainee hunger strike and subsequent raid at Guantanamo with disdain and resentment, emails obtained by VICE News show.
Obama Just Released 10 Percent of the Detainees at Guantanamo Bay
In the Obama administration's largest-ever single transfer of prisoners from the Guantanamo detention facility, 10 men were sent to Oman late Wednesday.
VICE News' Year in Review
In 2015, VICE News' reporting spanned from politics and the environment to conflict and the human cost of war. Here are the most powerful and memorable things we saw.
Too Many Secrets: The Fight to Make the US Government More Accountable in 2015
The Obama administration calls itself the most transparent in history — yet remains extraordinarily secretive. Still, this year saw several victories in the fight for greater government transparency.
Guantanamo 'Built on How to Destroy a Human Being': Shaker Aamer Speaks For the First Time
The last British detainee to be released from Guantanamo says British officers witnessed him being tortured by American interrogators and did nothing — but he doesn't want to take legal action.
This Detainee Has Been Held at Guantanamo for 13 Years Because of a Mistaken Identity
Mustafa al-Aziz al-Shamiri was believed to be a high-level al Qaeda facilitator and trainer. But after years of being held at the military prison without charge, Pentagon officials recently said that he was in fact a low-level foot soldier.
In Emails, Hillary Clinton Praised the Release of Guantanamo Detainee Omar Khadr
The so-called child soldier accused of killing a US Army medic in Afghanistan spent more than a decade in US custody before being turned over to Canada in 2012.
The Defense Bill That Obama Just Signed Will Make It Harder to Shut Guantanamo
The US president noted that operating Guantanamo is a huge waste of taxpayer dollars and is inconsistent "with our interests as a nation and undermines our standing in the world."