Guantanamo Bay

President Obama wants to close Guantanamo Bay.In today’s Congressional Corner, Connecticut Representative Elizabeth Esty tells WAMC’s Alan Chartock she’s…

It was 14 years ago this week that the first prisoners arrived at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba detention camp. Seven years ago, President Barack Obama took…

Civil liberties activists this week marked the 13th anniversary of the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The group Pioneer Valley No More Guantanamos hosted…

Today's panelists are WAMC’s Alan Chartock, WAMC’s Ray Graf and Legislative Director of NYPIRG, Blair Horner.Topics include:Benghazi CaptureMalcolm Smith…

Should the U.S. have traded Guantanamo prisoners for Bowe Bergdahl?In today’s Congressional Corner, Massachusetts Representative Richard Neal tells WAMC’s…

Today's panelists are WAMC’s Alan Chartock, University at Albany professor and Investigative Journalist Rosemary Armao and political consultant, Libby…

A Connecticut attorney who went to observe the military courts at Guantanamo has written an e-book about what he saw. Charles Church practiced law for…

She interrupted the president during a foreign policy speech in may to demand the U.S. close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, and President Obama responded…

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

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…