Behind missed Gitmo deadline: No one wants jailees

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — President Barack Obama is now confirming what many have long suspected: He will miss...

China holds, mistreats US man on secrets charges

BEIJING — Sometime into his long detention by China’s feared state security agents, American...

Obama: Professed Sept. 11 leader will be convicted

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama predicted that professed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will...

Death of an Iran prison doctor raises suspicion

BEIRUT — An Iranian doctor who went public with reports of tortured protesters he treated at Tehran’s...

Rudy Giuliani: 9/11 trial dangerous for NYC

WASHINGTON - Bringing those accused in the Sept. 11 attacks to New York for trial would increase the security...

Judges order release of 30 from Gitmo

WASHINGTON - Federal judges, complying with a U.S. Supreme Court ruling, have taken up the cases of Guantanamo...

White House source: Gitmo inmates could go to Illinois

CHICAGO — The Obama administration may buy a near-empty prison in rural northwestern Illinois to house...

Dozens of Gitmo detainees finally get day in court

WASHINGTON — In courtrooms barred to the public, dozens of terror suspects are pleading for their freedom...

Dems, GOP split on NY trials of alleged terrorists

WASHINGTON - Bringing those accused in the Sept. 11 attacks to New York for trial would increase the security threat...

Source: Illinois prison eyed for Guantanamo detainees

CHICAGO - A White House official says the Obama administration is considering buying a northwestern Illinois prison...

New Yorkers worry about trial for 9/11 mastermind

NEW YORK — The move to put the self-proclaimed Sept. 11 mastermind on trial just blocks from ground zero...

Victims’ kin applaud 9/11 trial

The daughter of a Framingham woman killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks hailed yesterday’s decision...

Britain investigating fresh Iraq abuse claims

LONDON — Iraqi civilians who were detained by British troops during the U.S.-led war have leveled some...

Top White House lawyer Greg Craig quitting

TOKYO — The White House’s top lawyer is returning to private practice and being replaced by a longtime...

Senator criticizes decision on 9/11 suspects

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell is denouncing the decision to have five alleged plotters...