Guantánamo

Mickey Edwards' analysis of the nation's current political situation may surprise you.

Twelve years since his release, the stigma of Guantanamo continues to harm the life and liberty of former detainee Rasul Kudaev.

President Obama's plan to close the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, amounts to merely relocating it to US soil.

Obama wants to transfer all detainees to their home countries or to US military or civilian prisons.

Detainees not reviewed before Obama leaves office are men whose status hasn't been reviewed for over six years.

Time. We can't get it back. When it's gone, it's gone.

In Obama's final year as president, there are still around 100 prisoners in Guantanamo Bay.

Gitmo is an offshore penal colony that's close enough to administer with ease, but far enough away to exist on the margins of legality.

Seven years of indefinite detention and extrajudicial killings around the globe belie the president's once-claimed intent to change the system.

Guantanamo prisoners are served tea in styrofoam cups. Many prisoners etch floral designs into their cups, which become a nightly artistic outlet.