thank you guetta equipped and you stay in guantanamo anyway. >> miles? >> i agree, justice couldn't be meted out by popular opinion. but the way that the public has been misled by the critics. i think if the public knew the truth about guantanamo, $5 billion wasted confining people. half of the people there are cleared to go home that we don't want to keep. the success of the trials in the federal court and the harm it has done to our reputation, there's no good reason for guantanamo. so i think if the administration educated the public, you would have sentiment, close guantanamo now. >> karen, you get the last word, and sadly, it's only 40 seconds worth. and where do you see things going. >> i think that trials are about educating the public and healing the victims, and until we have the trials for 9/11 and other terrorists on american soil, that healing is not going to happen. >> but right now, we have a situation that seemingly can't be untangled in guantanamo, and will those men still be sitting there in 2016 when we're getting ready for the obama ad

handed over five detainees from guantanamo bay. bergdahl is now in a forwarding operating base in afghanistan and his family just hours ago learned he was free. the local qatar government brokered the deal. our pentagon correspondent barbara starr who has been all over this and giving us the information as it happens and as she's getting it is continuing to do that. barbara, give us the latest about what you're learning about this absolutely fascinating and dramatic rescue. >> reporter: very traumatic, dana. bowe bergdahl having made that helicopter ride to freedom with american commandos who through to eastern afghanistan to pick him up. all indications we're getting it was very peaceful. 18 taliban standing there. bowe bergdahl, the commandos landed, and took him back. back into american hands. perhaps the most dramatic moment we are learning is on the helicopter it was so noisy, they couldn't talk. bergdahl wrote on a paper plate, s.f.? meaning special forces. the guys on the helicopter said, yes. and we've been looking for you.

called, "the guantanamo 'suicides' revisited."t to take on the issue of the obama administration officials saying that the justice department will finally reveal part of the contents of the secret memo that authorizes the assassinations of americans overseas. a federal's appeals court ordered the memo's disclosure last month following a lawsuit by the american civil liberties union and "the new york times" seeking the legal basis for drone strikes. the lawsuit coming after the u.s. killed the american-born cleric anwar al-awlaki, his 16 year old son abdulrahman, as khan, despite never having charged any of them with a crime. administration's decision not to appeal the ruling came just days after senator republican -- republican senator rand paul threatened to filibuster the nomination if the memo's author david barron to a seat on the court of appeals of the first circuit. barron's expected to come up for a vote this week. validaid there is no legal precedent to justify the killing of an american citizen not engaged in combat. the

guantanamo should be closed and its inmates tried or released. it's time to close guantanamo so it can no longer be used to recruit -- by you are enemy to recruit terrorists and violate american principles of due process of law. i'm astonished, frankly, that i'd hear on the floor of the united states congress someone say that people might be acquitted, therefore they should be held in jail forever because maybe the evidence doesn't exist because someone in the government, in the all-powerful, all-knowing bureaucracy, says someone is a terrorist, that person must be held in jail indefinitely because maybe we don't have the proof. that's not america. yield become. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from virginia is recognized. mr. wolf: politico talks about this case. it said the failed prosecution of allege sod mali pirate and the fact that failure could leave him living freely and permanently in u.s. borders highlights the risk of trying terrorism suspects in american courts. weeks ago, he was facing a mandatory life sentence aft

handed over five detainees from guantanamo bay. bergdahl is now in a forwarding operating base in afghanistan. his family just hours ago learned he was free. the local qatari government brokered the deal. the pentagon correspondent barbara starr has been all over the story. we'll get to her. first to somebody who actually knows bowe bergdahl very, very well. sheri horton of idaho. sheri, thank you for joining us. this is obviously an incredible day, ow viewers should know you know him incredibly well because you were his roommate three years. >> i was. it's a very exciting day near idaho. everybody is celebrating. all restaurants are putting signs'sit's very xrit iexciting >> tell us about the efforts that have been under way, my understanding, you and his parents working hand in glove with the rest of his friends to try to make sure that the idea of his captivity is not forgotten? >> well, his parents have been in the forefront the whole time, even if they are very private people and not necessarily the ones giving the interviews,

i've been in and out of guantanamo prison.after we sorted through most of them, tend to be highly dangerous people. the ones we release, many of them, we end up killing on the batt battlefield or recapturing. so i'm sure the taliban were delighted they got five of their people out. that's probably not a significant detriment to u.s. national security. but they don't care about bergdahl and i can't imagine that it's actually indicative in any way of good news about the peace process. there's some huge issues at stake here in afghanistan. bergdahl's not important to any of them. >> general, the fact that he's able to be described right now as being in good health, that he's able to walk on his own, ambassador hill suggested earlier that's not necessarily something that was the case for these entire five year since he was captured on june 30th, 2009. what do you know about the kind of treatment that prisoners off have been gotten, if they're even kept alive? >> well, of course, by and large, i think we've only had three or four s

it's a year to the day that president obama agreed to closing guantanamo. and also the federal judge has allowed the military to force feed the prisoner in guantanamo bay, but he's not happy about that. he wants to live. he wants to see his family, but they don't like the way they're force feeding him. by a tube through the nose down through the stomach. his lawyers say that is abuse. protesters demanding the immediate release of all guantanamo bay prisoners approved for transfer out of u.s. naval base but still there held without charge. >> the frustration stems from the fact that the administration has authority right now to transfer at least the men that it has cleared for transfer. of the 154 men who remain in guantanamo, 77 of them have been approved to leave by every government agency. at least half the prison could be empty. now. >> reporter: that includes the hunger striker cleared for transfer to uruguay when the federal judge ruled may be force fed through a tube by his nose and into his stomach. the charge critical of the dod for refusing to comp

military can force-feed prisoners at guantanamo bay >>> a looked at why six years after confessing their case has not come to trial. >>> stolen masterpieces - the federal bureau of investigation could be close to solving the mystery of one of the america's biggest art thefts. >>> we begin in syria where violence is spiking ahead of presidential elections. the suffering will be highlighted in a big way tomorrow by pope francis. more on the pontiff's visit in a moment. first an attack at a syrian campaign rally where dozens were killed. >> nobody claimed responsibility for this attack, but we heard from islamist rebels based in the region that today marks a new campaign, an offensive by them to support the rebels and the fighters who are there, fighting the troops of bashar al-assad. the government in the past few weeks has been on the go, trying to regain control of many areas from the rebels, to give the presidential electi presidential elections dew on 3 june credibility. they want to tell the worth people are supporting the elections. many are taking part. the results will be valid. th

bush wanted to close guantanamo bay. as did secretary gates, as did senator mccain, many very conservative republicans came out in favor of closing guantanamo bay back in 2008. why? because the military told them that it was harming our ability to effectively fight al qaeda and affiliated forces. that the presence of guantanamo bay was recognized as an international eye sore that undermined u.s. credibility with our allies abroad as we tried to prosecute that fight. there is no need for guantanamo. so argument number one is all of the problems with it. argument number two is that there is no need for it. because what we could do with the 154 inmates who are in guantanamo bay, first of all, some number of them, i think it's roughly half, have been deemed not to be a threat to the united states. we just don't have anyplace to send them. so we can do foreign transfers which we're beginning to work on. but the rest of them that are a threat can be housed in supermax facilities in the united states of america. now, we constan

contentious guantanamo bay prison has cemented a u.s. legacy of covert kidnappings waterboarding illegal detention and forced feedings more than one hundred prisoners starve themselves for roughly six months last year protesting the injustice forcing the u.s. president to appeal once again to an opposing congress for the island prison to be closed exactly twelve months later nothing really has changed one tunnel is still open prisoners are being force fed every day they're being held in conditions of solitary confinement and there is no word on where seventy seven of them still in the prison who have been cleared for release for years well ever get to leave one hundred fifty four detainees are still languishing at get money but something has changed guantanamo officials no longer eg knowledge hunger strikes officially calling them long term non-religious fasts instead force feeding is. now called enteral feeding and the us military refuses to disclose how many prisoners are being forced to endure this so-called standard procedure a proce

in the close guantanamo well before i continue to believe that we're going to close guantanamo global day of action against america's detention center kicks off with activists across the world calling on barack obama to keep his probably some shut the facility. international top story the president putin says that russia will respect the outcome of sunday's presidential election in ukraine despite the appalling background of the full blown civil war in which is to be held he was addressing the annual international economic forum and simply to spoke from we were in a concert a report. it was after me all of a lot of my person has this was an opportunity for the world to hear his views on a number of issues and none of this is interesting after all right now is of course in the frame and what i'm after to say bad news that's far more in ukraine turned into a full blown civil war after the coup and while he welcomes the presidential election the same it's a step forward that said that the situation on the ground doesn't allow for this process to be carried out in a way that we've become

five men who were detained at guantanamo are freed as well.back story of how this exchange went down? >> reporter: we know the taliban have been demanding the release of these five people in guantanamo bay. they are five senior taliban figures. one of them was a former deputy defense minister and one a former interior minister and one a former deputy head of intelligence and another a governor of two different provinces under the taliban' not believed to have had connections with al qaeda but this is the way the taliban operates. it captures people and done this in pakistan and afghanistan. so this is perhaps nothing new but it's been in the works for a couple of years. it stalled on a number of occasions but now with the help of qataris, the middle man building confidences on both sides making this happen, not direct talks, indirect talks, again, using the qatari middle man. it has worked this time and very many things could have gone wrong and fortunate this time it didn't. >> very fortunate. mike, you spent considerable time in afghanistan

i'm going to close guantanamo well before i continue to believe that we're going to close guantanamo a global day of action against america's detention center kicks off with activists across the world calling on barack obama to keep his promises and to shut the facility. if you just joined us this is r.t. international my name is kevin now in our top story tonight president putin says russia will respect the outcome of sunday's presidential election in ukraine despite the appalling background of a full blown civil war in which to be held he was addressing the annual international economic performance and petersburg where r.t. is going to cost of reports next. they so it was definitely all about lot of my personal this was an opportunity for the world to hear his he's on a number of issues and none of this is interesting ever all right now is of course the phrase bottom up or to say that the latest that's far more in your brain turned into a full blown civil war after the coup and while he welcomes the presidential election the same it's a step forward that said that the situation on

this is going to be used to receive guantanamo bay detainees. the 9/11 families support this amendment. it is supported by these families. it do not want to see khalid muhammad and other detainees here on american soil. they do not want them to have access to our civilian court system. and this will save us, passing this amendment will save us millions of taxpayer dollars that could end up being used, not only to house, not only to give access to the courts, but to pay for lawyers to defend enemies who have taken up arms against our brave men and women in uniform. it was clear from 2009 when the intent was. it says it in the letter. the defense department will operate part of this facility to house a limited number of detainees. i encourage support and yield back. the chair: the gentlelady's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. fattah: i rise to strike the last word. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. fattah: i'm opposed to this amendment. generally i'm opposed to

are we going to keep guantanamo bay open? are we going instead to try people, you know, or hold them indefinitely? that's the broader issue here. are these prisoners of what are? was this a prisoner exchange as we end the war in afghanistan? or is this negotiating with terrorists? you know, let's have the debate. >> why release the names? why not just say we have swapped five detainees? why put the names out? is that just transparency? >> yes. there probably is going to be criticism of this deal. it will become public. there's an agreement they'll stay in qatar for a year. will that happen or not? this doesn't end with bowe bergdahl. there are american civilians like me. there are two journalists missing in syria. there's an aid worker who's in captivity in pakistan. he's in his 70s. who do we negotiate with? who do we not negotiate with? >> really quickly r the circumstances surrounding precisely how it was that bergdahl went missing, are those circumstances still very much up in the air? >> they are up in the air. there was

and the close guantanamo will be closed i continue to believe that we're going to close guantanamo a global day of action against america's guantanamo bay detention center kicks off with activists across the world calling on barack obama to keep his promise and shut it down. the world's top headlines and live from moscow it's aussie international. president vladimir putin says russia will respect the outcome of the ukrainian presidential election despite the appalling background which it is being held against he was addressing the annual international economic forum in st petersburg let's go there live now. with the very latest indeed good to see marina so a day of fruitful politicking and economics as well bring us up to date. absolutely very well updates it was definitely all about a lot of men who sent us this was an opportunity for the world to hear his views on a number of issues and one of the issues interesting of all right now is of course ukraine and that immigrants in that they're saying that in the u.s. that's where i'm all in ukraine turned into a full blown civil war. af

this deal involves releasing five detainees from guantanamo. >> reporter: it will suggest that the u.s. is willing to make a deal in exchange for the return of our people in military. there have in the past been other deals. dating back decades. the thought is with respect to the military personnel and afghanistan, as far as we know sergeant bergdahl was the only person in captivity. so getting his release obviously is a huge, tremendous kind of victory for the obama administration, for the u.s. department of defense, and obviously for sergeant bergdahl and his family. it should be pointed out that he was promoted while in captivity. he was a private assigned to the 501st regiment fourth brigade 25th infantry division in alaska, and subsequently promoted to sergeant. >> thank you so much. now joining us on the phone is al jazeera's security contributor jj green. in their statement the white house thanks the premiere of qatar for acting as mediary. >> it brings into middle eastern affairs who is looking for something of a new order of things, moving forward, recognizing that there are o

all of the guantanamo inmates on our website. and coming up in the program as business reverses shakos are waking up in russia st petersburg. well look at what to expect in the second day of the international economic forum. also britain is running out of oil and gas reserves but how much time exactly is left of the idle industry we do the math for you after the break. this is still one of the most isolated and mysterious places in the world old legends of cannibals make many people afraid to travel here i think it's put us on the menu that europeans have been here for less than a hundred years few people know what sequence lay hidden within these forbidding mountains. they set up a bunch of cannibals killed in a group of shamans a russian plane one of the biggest in the world flies a couple in the guineas wild mountains for the very first time. villages have never even seen a come. what will they make of this huge steel but. european workers are told never to venture out to learn. truths and miss the nutsy. we think of why we th

has retained fiveheld at guantanamo >>> in america, we don't have to chooses between the health of our economy and the health of our children. >> president obama moves to reduce pollution from coal plants. a unique idea to deal with the disappearing honey bee. ♪ >>> the american soldier held in afghanistan for nearly five years has been freed. sergeant bowe bergdahl was 23 when he was captured by the taliban in 2009. now, 28, he was handed over to a u.s. special operations team this morning. in exchange for his release, five detainees from guantanamo guantbay were transferred to the custody of qatar. randall pinkston is joining us. tell us more about sergeant burgdahl's case. >> he was a private first class when he held infell into the happened near the border with pakistan. tonight, he is finally, on his way home. >> freedom came. officials say at 10:30 a.m. eastern time saturday, special operations forces with support from multiple helicopters and overhead surveillance and intelligence executed the operation. the exchange took place in eastern afghanistan. 19 taliban forces were pres

because the prevailing mindset at guantanamo and within the department of defense anyone who is on a hunger strike is conducting what they call asymmetrical warfare. >> reporter: he is a 43-year-old syrian who was recommended for transfer back in 2010. as of right now he's being held without charge three months shy of 12 years. >> his hunger strike is a way for him to protest his continued detention at guantanamo bay. >> reporter: in the case of others cleared for transfer but still at gitmo the protesters blame the slow progress on the obama administration. >> his hunger strike is a way for him to protest his continued detention at guantanamo bay. frankly, the fact that the president promised one year ago that he would restart transfers and reinvigorate the closure of guantanamo, and the fact that he's still there and still on hunger strike showing is the president's willingness to follow through on those promises. >> and this is not what we do in america. >> yes, thank you. secretary of state john kerry will testify in front of an economy looking into the attack in bengahzi, libya

guantanamo is a military base. it covers everybody on that base, so there's a lot more people down there than just the prisoners. it's not that obama is personally thinking he's better to take care -- do you really believe that snl do you believe that this guy wakes up at night and says, you know, let me think, i think i'm going to treat the guantanamo prisoners better medically than we do our veterans? that's a good idea. >> bob, he's always worried about the perception that he would be seen as intolerant of a different culture and i think that informs his decisions. this is an intended -- unintended consequence of a pc administration. >> the guantanamo prisoner has any problem, they get seen immediately. oliver north, a war hero, says being treated at the va almost killed him. >> had it not been for the fox medical plan i might be dead right now? when i was examinationed with cancer caused by agent orange and the va recognizes that, the va told me to come back in about six months. my wife thoughtfully said let's

the taliban who are in guantanamo bay are well known. one of them was a former deputy defense minister, one was a former interior minister, one was a former deputy chief of intelligence, one was a governor in two particular provinces. so these are senior taliban figures that now say they're going go work in the taliban's base or political office in qatar. that has been the deal that's been in the background in the works in the past. what does that mean? are they out of the fight? are they really not going to raise funds for them to raise funds to attack troops? if they're closely watched, that will make it that much harder. there have been former leaders. former minister and ambassador to pakistan. both in guantanamo bay, both released. both i've interviewed inside afghanistan. as far as i know, both have stayed out of the fight and both say they don't want to end up in guantanamo bay again. but it's far from clear what these new five released taliban prisoners might do. >> and certainly so many people thrilled that bowe bergdahl is free

we visited guantanamo bay together. i think any member who has not been down there, you should go down and see what is there. these are important provisions that have been included in appropriation bills for the last several years. they represent a strong and enduring consensus in congress. striking these provisions would have unknown consequences for u.s. communities. imagine bringing khalid sheik mohammed, who beheaded daniel pearl, and who was the stermind of the 9/11 attack, about 170 people from my district died in the attack on the pentagon. can you imagine? they were initially going to bring him to new york city and mayor bloomberg and senator schumer all opposed it because they knew what the impact was going to be and the security requirements. so this would have an unbelievable impact on communities. putting detainees in u.s. prisons, as the administration originally proposed, would be disruptive and i think disastrous. former f.b.i. director mueller has stated, quote, to transfer detainees to local jails could

was holding in guantÁnamo bay.or more on the story, we are joined by our correspondent in washington. u.s. government get in anymore details of the deal it did to get this man released? >> as you mentioned, the deal was brokered by the government of qatar. the gulf emirates agreed to host the five taliban inmates. they are expected to travel to the capital today. the sergeant was captured by militants in june of 2009 after leaving his u.s. base in the eastern part of afghanistan. i think the circumstances surrounding his decision to walk out of the base have remained murky. he was captured a couple of weeks after he arrived in afghanistan, so he was probably young and not very experienced. today, he was brought to an american helicopter. he broke down in tears when he saw he was safe. the special forces told him we have been looking for you a long time. his parents live in idaho. today, they are in washington. they were notified their son has been released. president obama said in a written statement that he was ho

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so the risk to our troops from those five released out at guantanamo is very slim. make no mistake about it, i doubt if they have been rehabilitated at guantanamo bay. i would make the assumption they would rejoin their teammates, be heralded as heroes and welcomed back on the battlefield. >> we welcome back our own hero as well, and that is sergeant bowe bergdahl. and general, we thank you for your service and thank you for your insights and perspective in terms of what's going on in his mind right now, and the good thing is that he's back with u.s. troops. and his family. thank you, sir. >> good talking to you, kelly. >> all right. julie? >> growing outrage now in the search for answers into the deadly september 11th terror attacks in benghazi. this as secretary of state john kerry and former secretary of state hillary clinton are accused of stonewalling congress after they both refused to say whether they will testify before a new select committee looking into the attacks. so where does this leave the investigation? let's turn now to phillip stuts, president of p

judge says guard at guantanamo bay can force-feed a syrian prisoner on hunger strike. protesters in new york called on president obama to honour his pledge to close the controversial prison. >> reporter: protesters in times square demanding the release of the prisoners. they are still there, held without charge. >> the frustration stems from the fact that the administration has authority to transfer the man that it cleared for transfer, of 154 men that remained, 77 of them have been approved to leave by every government agency. at least half the prison could be empty. >> that includes a hunger striker cleared for transfer to uruguay who a federal judge ruled may be force-fed by a military through the nose, via a tube. the judge critical of the d.o.j. for refusing to compromise and find a method not inflicting so much punishment. >> the harsh measures are used as a way of combatting the men on hunger strike. the prevailing mind-set at guantanamo bay, and within the department of defense is anyone on a hunger strike is conducting asymmetrical war fair. >> reporter: he is

guantanamo is a military base that covers everybody on that base. there's a lot more people down there than the 30s or whatever they said they were in terms of prisoners and the other thing is, its not that obama is personally thinking it's better to take care of -- do you really believe that? do you believe that this guy wakes up at night and said, you know, let me think, i think i'm going to treat the guantanamo prisoners better? >> he's always worried about the perception that he will be seen as intolerant of a different culture. that informs his decisions. maybe this is what you call an unintended consequence of the administration. >> the point being a gitmo prisoner had anything, they have a problem, they have a toothache, they break a thumb, they get seen immediately. >> federal prisons. >> that's true. oliver north, a war hero and host of war heros says being treated at the va almost killed him. >> had it not been for the fox medical plan i might be dead right now. when i was diagnosed with cancer caused by agent orange and the va recognizes

agreed to transfer five detainees at guantanamo bay in cuba to qatar.we's mom and dad released this statement saying we were so joyful and relieved when president obama called us today to give the news bowe is finally coming home. we cannot wait to wrap our arms around our own son. we want to thank the many reporters around the nation and around the world. we want to take this opportunity to tank all those in the many u.s. government agencies who never gave up. today we are ecstatic. bergdahl is in the hands of the u.s. military and his health is said to be very, very good. we'll get more than that. "your money" is amp the break. hey. i'm ted and this is rudy. say "hi" rudy. [ barks ] [ chuckles ] i'd do anything to keep this guy happy and healthy. that's why i'm so excited about these new milk-bone brushing chews. whoa, i'm not the only one. it's a brilliant new way to take care of his teeth. clinically proven as effective as brushing. ok, here you go. have you ever seen a dog brush his own teeth? the twist and nub design cleans all the way down to the

in the u.s. a day of action to shut down guantanamo and put an end to indefinite detention activists are coming out on to the streets in new york city here in times square as well as washington d.c. addressing the white house saying the time has come to close down this controversial prison camp i've said beautifully but i intend to close guantanamo and i will follow through on the trust of the will before those no later than one year from now when i was elected in two thousand and eight i said we need to close guantanamo i continue to believe that we've got to close guantanamo this needs to be the year congress lifts the remaining restrictions on the attorney transfers and we closed the prison at guantanamo bay yet of course today it still remains open there are one hundred fifty four men who remain detained seventy seven of them more than half have been approved to leave by every government agency every u.s. government agency with a stake in these detentions has determined unanimously that those people do not need to be at guantanamo throughout more than twelve years of this camp's

tonight you'll hear from a former pentagon spokesman who says he has proof that men at guantanamo bay are receiving better treatment than people at the va. the va scandal is not just limited to neglect at a phoenix hospital. there's allegations of drug dealing and theft and patient abuse. here to explain exactly what he is witnessing is a detective. detective, thank you for joining us tonight. thank you for being here. you still work at the va. is that right? >> yes, sir. that's correct. >> let's start with this. what are you seeing? what's going on? you talk about drug dealing. explain please. >> drug dealing is pretty much a regular occurrence there. >> how? >> it's very easy actually. the patients come out front. there's a smoking area. they bring their prescription drugs or any type of other drugs. they all hang out in one large group and they start asking each other if they're interested in buying the prescriptions that they just filled at the pharmacy there. >> detective, you're watching this. what do you do when this is going on? >> it's very difficult to actually say that you

barack obama has repeatedly valdez and failed to close guantanamo bay prison and now some legislators actually want almost one hundred million dollars to construct new areas in the camp able to house over one hundred fifty terror suspects without trial or hearing from all live now to human rights lawyer david remes who represents. in two detainees at guantanamo david this is bad news for those twenty isn't it because there's a push now for this massive investment and guantanamo site above is clearly not going to be able to close it down well this is money that the defense department declined to include in its own budget even though some authorities down there and want on a more asked for it so the republican majority in the house armed services committee is actually trying to get the administration money that the administration hasn't even asked for i think this is just throwing good money after bad if there were other good uses for this money as representative adam smith proposed missile defense on the west coast new military bases and yet the the republicans are so adamant that this

guantanamo prison facility to the custody of qatar. during his captivity, taliban forces released several videos of bergdahl. in most, he was apparently fo forsed to criticize u.s. military presence in afghanistan and plead for the release of the taliban. in his statement announcing the released to, president obama said, i was honored to call his parents to express our joy that they can expect his safe return. mindful of their courage and sacrifice throughout this ordeal. today, we also remember the many troops held captive and who remain missing or unaccounted for in america's past wars. sergeant bergdahl's recover, said the president, is a reminder of america's unwavering commitment to leave no man or woman in uniform behind on the battlefield. bergdahl's family released this statement saying they were joyful and relieved when president obama called them to give them the news that bo is finally, coming home. we cannot wait, said bergdahl's family to wrap our arms around our only son. we want to thank bo's many supporters in idaho, ar

striking events that occurred in guantÁnamo was the death of three prisoners in the evening of june 9 the question has been, were they suicides, were they homicides? these documents show more clearly than ever before that these were most likely not suicides, but rather homicides and are tied to the cia. >> we'll look at one of the great mysteries of guantÁnamo human rights attorney scott

a detainee at guantanamo bay has been on a hunger strike for weeks. a federal judge decided the u.s. military can force-feed him. why critics are lashing out at president obama. >> we are in the same place that we were in october 2008 when they decided on the death penalty. >> six years later and still no justice. why the couple confessed to murdering a family that still has not gone on trial. >>> would welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm john henry smith. ahead the political unrest in thailand taking toll on the tourism strip. the impact of the military coup on that nation's biggest business >>> a federal judge says the u.s. military can force a detainee at guantanamo bay so he doesn't die, but urged authorities to consider alternatives and turp over video of how the man is being treated. the decision is reversing a week-lopping ban of force feeding. as john terrett reports, it comes a year since president obama recommitted to closing guantanamo bay's detention center. >>> protesters in times square demanding the release of guantanamo bay prisone

they send in teams of soldiers at guantanamo, burst into the detainee's cell. it usually involves a beating of some sort. they beat them up pretty well and they take them forcibly to the forced feeding room. they put them then, the second component is a restraint chair we have argued is abusive the chair immobilizes them from head to tow. they put them in the restrict chair and put tubes down their noses. we have documented from reports that our clients have sent us how they -- some of the staff at gaupt guantbay are not skilled in the placement of these tubes. some of them -- some of them end up ramming the tubes to the back of their throat causing clients to bleed in their throats, bleed internally. they have caused a number of medical issues over the years. they use tubes sometimes that are too big for the detainees' nostrils and once they get those tubes in, they are force feeding these detainees with an amount of liquid that is frankly enormous and far exceeds what medical procedures dictate is normal. >> so they are dragging them out of their cells, force

this is true at guantanamo. so, yes, it is true to separate these stories but it is not true that the policies did not bleed into one another and were not used in a way that affected one another. so, yes. there were rogue apples. it was also a policy and thothose rotten appleales fit in to the agenda. the generals who ran abu ghraib from the interrogation side and detention side have attested to this. they are not inseparable as you have said, i don't think. >> adam, you know, the afghan government this week is saying they have identified two black sites operating on bases in afghanistan. we are expecting a congressional report on the same in jabuti. what's the didn't 2010 abu ghraib and what happened there and what's country going on at these black sites? >> listen. i don't know about cia-run black sites in afghanistan. what i know is according to the president of the united states, there are no cia-run detention facilities in the world. he stopped though. >> if the cia is running a clandestined prison, it is a

closing guantanamo bay and a law that allows it to stay open. at the memorial he said all that before. >> what i remember it we'll be out of guantanamo in what year? that was in the first three days of office he said he'd do that. he's dragging his feet on that part. >> reporter: his actions over 5.5 years formed the public opinion. he has over two to change that, and his foreign policy legacy. >> mary angelou, an american poet, author and activist decide at the age of 86. she was known for her mem choir "i know why the caged bird sippings", which was about growing up as an african american. tributes have been flowing in. president obama said: >>> the reverend jesse jackson said:. >> tv personality oprah winfrey said: >>> al jazeera's correspondent looks back at her life. >> reporter: she was a leading literary voice of the last 50 years. she was more than a writer. she was a civil rights act visit, educator, historian. she was born in st. louis, but raised in the sit of arkansas. her difficult childhood reflected in her biography "i know why th

and in new documents reveal details about the treatment of hunger strike in guantanamo detainees ahmed rabbani has been held without charges for more than ten years he's one of many detainees that have been on hunger strike at some point during incarceration to protest their indefinite that detention david remes an attorney for guantanamo detainees recently explain for us the government's reaction to the protests. i think the way that the prison discourages. and i'm going to strike that you will discourage is a pretty mild word is by administering tootsie. down it's not eliminating one stomach in a way that causes that man's name one detainees that's described it this way like having a razor blade place down your throat. and court filings rabani describes through his lawyer a series of botched forced feeding attempts including one where it felt like the feeding tube was pushed up into his brain it lists the health consequences of these feelings which resulted in a painful chest infection raw nostrils in the throat and inability to brave and caused him to repeatedly vomit including vomi

guantanamo is still there. and conditions of detention in the mainland, it's pervasive in the united states. in many cases it can amount to torture and is prohibited by international law and morality. i think the united states government has a lot to do in establishing present conditions that don't amount to torture or cruel and inhuman and degrading treatment because that is equally forbidden. >> you have a personal connection to torture, can you tell us about your experience. >> i was a lawyer in argentina in a difficult time. in turn, like many other lawyers i was a victim. i was arrested, held in secret detention for a few days during which i was tortured with electricity, in order to get me to mention names of people that suffer the same treatment. fortunately i was able to not give out that information, and eventually i was produced alive, and my family worked hard to force the courts to recognise my detention. then i spent a year and a half in detention, under administrative detention without charms, in