WASHINGTON (AP) — An American imprisoned in Cuba for more than four years after illegally working to set up Internet access on the island suspended his hunger strike Friday after more than a week. Alan Gross, 64, had eaten his last solid meal April 2 and said in a statement that he was fasting to […]
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In Guantanamo, CIA developed double agents
WASHINGTON — A few hundred yards from the administrative offices of the Guantanamo Bay prison, hidden behind a ridge covered in thick scrub and cactus, sits a closely held secret. A dirt road winds its way to a clearing where eight small cottages sit in two rows of four. They have long been abandoned. The […]
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A legacy more real than Camelot
As we approach Friday’s 50th anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy, an act that remains as shocking and sad today as it was back then, Americans are actively sharing our memories of the Kennedy administration’s idealism and glamour. But, let’s be real. Camelot it was not. In 1960, more than 20 percent of […]
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U.S. to send two Gitmo detainees back to Algeria
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration announced Friday its intention to repatriate two prisoners from the Guantanamo Bay detention facility to Algeria, the first such transfers in nearly a year. White House press secretary Jay Carney said in a statement that the Defense Department notified Congress of the transfers, which will be done “in a responsible […]