DOJ Still Intends To Close Gitmo, Says Holder

Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr. said during an appearance on Capitol Hill Wednesday that it is still the intention of the Obama administration to shut down the Guantánamo Bay detention facility and that there continues to be bipartisan support for the move. (0:23)
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Uyghur Defense Attorney: Detainees Were Cleared For Release Six Years Ago

Susan Baker Manning, a primary defense attorney for the Uyghur men at Gitmo, explains that the Uyghur men were cleared for release six years ago. She concludes that the detainees are not, and never really were, enemy combatants (0:22)
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Uyghur Defense Attorney: Too Much Misinformation About Guantanamo Detainees

Susan Baker Manning, a primary defense attorney for the Uyghur men detained at Guantanamo Bay claims that there is too much misinformation in popular discourse surrounding the detainees. (0:33)
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Manning: Uyghur Detainees Unlawfully Being Held at Gitmo

By Courtney Ann Jackson- Talk Radio News Service

Defense attorney Susan Baker Manning explains the background of the Uyghur men being held at Guantanamo Bay and refutes many of the rumors circulating about their intentions. (1:54)
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Manning: "These are innocent men"

By Courtney Ann Jackson- Talk Radio News Service

Talk Radio News Service interviewed, Susan Baker Manning, defense attorney for 6 of the 17 Uyghur detainees at Guantanamo Bay about why she believes the men should be released immediately. The men were exonerated by the military, the Bush administration and the courts but have been held for six years at Guantanamo. (0:58)
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Barrasso: No Place For Gitmo Detainees On U.S Soil

Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) questions where the government could place the Guantanamo Bay detention facility detainees. Barrasso explains that only Montana has accepted to received these detainees, but ultimately no one wants these detainees placed on American soil (0:41)
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Shelby: The Justice Department and its "abomination"

Ranking Member Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) describes the Department of Justice's request for funds as an "abomination" because this funding may be used to educate and mentor terrorists currently detained in the Guantanamo Bay detention facility but who may be housed within American soil once the prison is closed. (0:42)
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Obama satisfied and determined with Guantanamo decision

Retired Admiral John Hudson describes the sense of determination in a meeting with President Obama and Vice President Biden on January 22, 2009. (00:12)
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U.S. practicing second hand justice

Colonel Will Gunn, retired legal council for the Department of Defense office of military commissions, says the use of coercive testimony is still allowed as long as it was obtained before 2005, this is a fundamental shift in the U.S. system of justice. Gunn said that the United States’ actions amount to second hand justice. (1:10)
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Waxman: Closing Guantanamo will strengthen nation’s security

Matthew Waxman, an associate professor of law at Colombia Law School, says that despite any challenges, Guantanamo should be closed. Waxman explains that detention policy is not about eliminating risk, but about balancing and managing competing risks, including risks to U.S. values and legal system. He also says that by effectively completing closing down the detainee camp, the U.S. will simultaneously strengthen both its security and its adherence to core democratic principles. (0:39)
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Rep. Hastings speaks out about Guantanamo

Chairman Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.) talks about the Guantanamo Bay prison. Hastings says that there has not been a single completed trial of those suspected of the most serious crimes committed against our country, including Khalid Sheik Mohammed and alleged “20th hijacker” Mohammed al Qahtani. Hastings also says that Qahtani may be rendered incapable of participating in his trial due to the methods of interrogation used against him. (1:09)
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CIA lawyer: “If detainee dies, you’re doing it wrong”

Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) quotes CIA lawyer Jonathan Fredman who advised that if a detainee dies due to waterboarding, then the interrogator is “doing it wrong.” (0:40)
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Sen. Collins troubled by military mistakes

Daniel Baumgartner Jr., former chief of staff for the Joint Personnel Recovery Agency helps Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) reiterate that (Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape) SERE training is meant to help American forces resist inhumane interrogation methods. Collins expresses discomfort that simulations of inappropriate techniques have been used as models by American interrogators. (1:12)
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