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For Two Cubans In Guantanamo, Daily Commute Between Two Worlds Ends

Luis La Rosa, left, and Harry Henry on one of their last days at work on the U.S. Naval Station Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Suzette Laboy/AP hide caption

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For Two Cubans In Guantanamo, Daily Commute Between Two Worlds Ends

December 18, 2012 • For more than 50 years, the men traveled from their homes in the communist nation to jobs on the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay. "Sometimes you feel like you are living in two worlds," says one. The men just retired.

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Percent Of Detainees Who Return To Terrorism After Release Edges Up

September 6, 2012 • Almost 28 percent of the detainees transferred out of the U.S.-run detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have either returned to terrorism or are suspected of having done so, the Director of National Intelligence says.

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An Open Letter To A Former Guantanamo Chief Prosecutor

June 15, 2012 • A story is not about you, but you feel tarred by implication. Should NPR and the news media add a clarification to the Web story for the record and posterity? The case of a former Guantanamo chief prosecutor raises possibilities and problems. We need a public consensus.

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Defendents Delay And Disrupt Guantanamo Hearing

May 5, 2012 • It wasn't a wild scene in the Guantanamo Bay courtroom where the self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks and four others were being arraigned on Saturday, but it was certainly in disarray.

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At Guantanamo Hearing, Alleged Cole Mastermind Is 'All Swagger'

November 9, 2011 • Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri could get the death penalty if he's convicted. He's the first Guantanamo Bay detainee to be brought to trial under the Obama administration's revamped rules for military commissions.

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Additional Guantanamo Documents Show More 'High Risk' Detainees

May 6, 2011 • The new documents include details on an additional 35 detainees about whom no information had previously known.

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Guantanamo Papers Reveal A Great Deal, Reporter Says

April 26, 2011 • Carol Rosenberg of the Miami Herald has been reporting about the detention center for years. The previously secret documents, she says, tell us a lot about the ways U.S. personnel tried to determine which detainees were and were not dangerous.

Guantanamo Papers Reveal A Great Deal, Reporter Says

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Also In WikiLeaks Papers: Al-Qaida Leaders' Movements Following Sept. 11

April 25, 2011 • There's a lot to read this morning about the suspected terrorists who have been held at the U.S. detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as well as just where many of al-Qaida's top leaders were on Sept. 11, 2001.

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It's All Politics

Obama's Gitmo Tribunal Move: From Campaign Poetry To Governing Prose

April 4, 2011 • President Obama's decision to hold military tribunals of Sept. 11 terror suspects, including alleged planner Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, underscored the difference between campaigning and governing.

Obama Guantanamo Retreat: Maybe Embarrassing But Politically Neutral

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Obama Guantanamo Retreat: Maybe Embarrassing But Politically Neutral

March 8, 2011 • The president's failure to close Guantanamo is unlikely to hurt him politically because voters are more concerned about the economy than terrorism and Gitmo.

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White House: Military Commissions To Resume At Guantanamo

March 7, 2011 • Moving forward with military tribunals against some Guantanamo detainees has always been part of the White House plan. Today, the president also issued an executive order outlining a review process for detainees being held without charges.

Blog Of The Nation

January 10th show

January 10, 2011 • In the first hour of Talk of the Nation, Arizonans talk about trying to make sense of Saturday’s tragedy. In the second hour, 12 steps to compassion, and Guantanamo Bay on the opinion page.

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Three Books: Must Reads From Guantanamo Bay

September 10, 2009 • The Times reports on the three most popular books in the Guantanamo Bay library.

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Terrorist Rehab

January 27, 2009 • We keep talking about programs designed to rehabilitate terrorists, but haven't figured out the talk show just yet. Any ideas?

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Guantanamo Bay: 'School For Jihad'?

June 18, 2008 • How do you track down 66 men who were once held at Guantanamo Bay as terrorists and get them to talk on the record? The reporter behind a new investigative series explains who these former detainees were, and where they are now, and describes a f...

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