Amherst, Mass., Agrees to Take Gitmo Detainees

An Amherst Special Town Meeting approved a resolution last night welcoming one or two cleared Guantanamo Bay detainees to Amherst, Mass. — once Congress agrees to lift the latest bans on their transfer. The town of 30,000 residents says it’s the first municipality in the nation to officially More…

Gitmo Detainees Inch Closer to United States

The political wrangling over where Guantanamo Bay detainees are going to go is only getting more complicated — and stranger — as the president’s deadline for closing the U.S. detention facility by late January draws closer.

On Tuesday, the Senate voted 79 to 19 to allow the Guantanamo More…