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Barack Obama Reveals Opening Gitmo As Biggest Regret In Presidential Term

Mar 22, 2015 09:53 PM EDT

United States President Barack Obama revealed that opening the Guantanamo Bay, or Gitmo, in Cuba when he first took office is one of his biggest regrets in his term.

The interior of a communal cellblock is seen at Camp VI, a prison used to house detainees at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay in this file photo taken March 5, 2013.

U.S. Navy Reassigns Guantanamo Bay Official Over Illicit Affair

Vittorio Hernandez |

Jan 23, 2015 01:43 PM EST

The U.S. Navy announced on Thursday the relief of the commander of the Naval Station Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, Captain John Nettleton, over an alleged illicit love affair. The navy cited loss of confidence on Nettleton who has supervised the station since June 29, 2012.

6 Guantanamo Bay Detainees Arrive in Uruguay

Vittorio Hernandez |

Dec 08, 2014 03:58 AM EST

Uruguay has accepted six men detained at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba for 12 years. Although the six are suspected to having ties with al-Qaeda, they have never been charged. Since 2010, they were cleared for release, but the six could not be sent back to their home countries and it was difficult to find another nation willing to take them in.

U.S. Tells U.N. Torture Panel It Has Changed Interrogation Policy

Dan Weisman |

Nov 14, 2014 09:32 AM EST

U.S. officials told a United Nations panel Wednesday that the U.S. had tortured individuals under the Bush Administration following the Sept. 11 attacks, but was no longer doing so.

U.S. Steps Up Embassy Security In Anticipation Of CIA Torture Report

Bianca Ortega |

Aug 05, 2014 11:22 PM EDT

The U.S. stepped up its security at its embassies ahead of the release of the Senate’s report on the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)’s report on harsh interrogations, fearing it could trigger protests in countries where the agency operated secret interrogation prisons.