Guantanamo Review Task Force

September 8, 2021 | Bill Roggio, Thomas Joscelyn

Taliban’s government includes designated terrorists, ex-Guantanamo detainees

The Taliban has announced the formation of an “interim government” to rule over Afghanistan. The Taliban’s regime will be known as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. This is entirely unsurprising....

October 14, 2016 | Thomas Joscelyn

Pentagon Releases 15 ‘High-Risk’ Gitmo Detainees to UAE

The Defense Department has transferred 1...

May 24, 2016 | Thomas Joscelyn

Guantanamo Bay: The Remaining Detainees

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April 8, 2016 | Thomas Joscelyn The Weekly Standard

Two More ‘High’ Risk Detainees Transferred from Gitmo

Secretary of State John Kerry praised the Republic of Senegal today “for offering humanitar...

January 18, 2016 | Thomas Joscelyn

The Terrorists Freed by Obama

The Obama administration in recent days has proclaimed a “milestone” in its efforts to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, after achieving its long-held goal of redu...

June 9, 2014 | Thomas Joscelyn

The LA Times Whitewashes the Taliban Five

There is a concerted push to sanitize the records of four of the five Taliban leaders transferred from Guantanamo to Qatar. But before delving into some of the specifics, let us recount the basic...

April 23, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal

2 Uighur Gitmo Detainees Transferred to El Salvador

The Department of Defense announced the transfer of two Uighur detainees from Guantanamo to El Salvador yesterday. The t...

July 14, 2011 |

Questioning ‘High’ Risk Gitmo Detainee Transfers

On July 1, President Obama announced that he was nominating Matthew Olsen for the position of National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) director. Olsen has served in a number of national security-r...

May 23, 2011 |

John Brennan Is Still Wrong on Gitmo Detainee

A recently leaked threat assessment prepared at Guantanamo draws into question the Obama administration’s analysis of a detainee who was transferred to Yemen shortly before all future trans...

April 19, 2011 |

Supreme Court Shuts Door on Gitmo Detainees’ Appeal

On Monday, the Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal filed by five Uighur detainees held at Guantanamo. A D.C. District Court granted the Uighur detainees their freedom inside the U.S. A D.C....

February 6, 2011 | Thomas Joscelyn Long War Journal

Taliban Mourn Death of ‘Eminent Commander’ at Gitmo

 In a piece last week, I noted that a former Taliban commander, Awal Gul, died of an apparent heart attack at Guantanamo on Tuesday, Feb. 1. The Taliban have now released a statement online...

February 4, 2011 | The Long War Journal

Former Taliban Commander Dies at Gitmo

A former Taliban commander died Tuesday evening at Guantanamo after suffering an apparent heart attack or similar ailment. US Southern Command released a statement on Thursday explaining that the...

January 7, 2011 | The Long War Journal

Gitmo Detainee Transferred to Algeria

The Department of Defense announced the transfer of a Guantanamo detainee to Algeria on Thursday. The detainee, Saiid Farhi (also known as Farhi Saeed Bin Mohammed in US government documents), ha...

May 29, 2010 | The Weekly Standard

Spinning the Gitmo Task Force’s Report

An email news alert sent out by the Washington Post on Friday evening reads: "Few Guantanamo detainees had significant roles, official review concludes." This makes it sound as if most o...