Guantanamo Bay

5/1/13 - Panel

Joe Donahue — Wed, 01 May 2013 13:00:00 +0000

Today's panelists are WAMC’s Alan Chartock, newsman Ray Graf and University at Albany Journalism Professor and Investigative Reporter, Rosemary Armao. Joe Donahue moderates.

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"The Terror Courts" by Jess Bravin

Joe Donahue — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 14:35:00 +0000

In the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks, the U.S. rounded up hundreds of suspected terrorists in Afghanistan and around the world. Many ended up at a special military detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

No TV broadcast of Guantanamo 9/11 trial

Associated Press — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 21:22:52 +0000

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A military judge has denied a request to allow television broadcast coverage of the Guantanamo Bay war crimes tribunal for five men charged in the Sept. 11 attacks.

Defense lawyers requested TV coverage of proceedings at the U.S. base in Cuba. But the Defense Department had authorized only closed-circuit broadcast to several military bases in the northeast U.S.