by Ezra Kaplan | Aug 4, 2015 | National Security, Politics
Corrections and clarifications: A prior version of this story incorrectly reported domestic ammonium nitrate production tonnage as domestic farm consumption totals. This story has also been updated throughout to clarify that Rep. Bennie Thompson is pushing for...
by Yuan Gu, Siyao Long & Kulwant Saluja | Aug 3, 2015 | National Security
CHANTILLY, Va. — It served Marines in Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq. For more than half a century, the CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter was a vital part of Marine operations — and on Saturday, the aircraft made its final flight. “It’s a historic day,”...
by Matt Yurus & Noor Wazwaz | Jul 30, 2015 | GITMO, National Security
With President Obama renewing his vow to close detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Medill News Service traveled to the base and photographed the abandoned Camp X-Ray detention center. The military used Camp X-Ray from 1994 to 1996 to house...
by Ezra Kaplan | Jul 29, 2015 | GITMO, National Security
GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA – Camp X-Ray received the first prisoners in the War on Terror in January 2002. Suspected al-Qaida and Taliban fighters arrived shackled wearing orange jumpsuits, blackout goggles and face masks. They were on their way to eight by eight cube cells...
by Ezra Kaplan | Jul 29, 2015 | GITMO, National Security
GUANTANAMO NAVY BASE, CUBA — The July commission hearings for accused war criminal Abd al Hadi al Iraqi halted abruptly this week after the defendant decided he did not trust his assigned Pentagon Lawyers. Not a single one of the motions set to be argued was...
by Nikki McGee | Jul 29, 2015 | National Security
This week marks the 65th anniversary of the end of the Korean War, and the 20th anniversary of the Korean War Veterans Memorial. Service members and families gathered at the memorial over the weekend to hear the names read of the fallen soldiers. The Korean War...
