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Sources: Report to detail alleged abuse inside CIA secret prisons

CIA interrogators threatened an al Qaeda prisoner with a gun and an electric drill to try to scare him into giving up information, according to a long-concealed inspector-general's report due to be made public on Monday, sources familiar with the report confirmed to CNN.

From secret prisons to Guantanamo Bay

In September of 2006, President Bush announced that 14 suspected terrorists who were being held in CIA custody had been transferred to the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Ban lifted, media witness solemn return of fallen service member

His name was Phillip A. Myers. A staff sergeant in the U.S. Air Force, he was killed in a roadside bombing in Afghanistan on Saturday.

Sailor in spy case gets maximum 10-year sentence

A former U.S. Navy sailor who provided al Qaeda supporters secret information about planned ship movements received a maximum 10-year prison sentence, the Justice Department announced Friday.

U.S. may hand over Yemeni detainees at Gitmo to Saudis

The United States has discussed sending some Guantanamo Bay detainees of Yemeni citizenship to Saudi Arabia for rehabilitation, according to a diplomatic source with knowledge of the discussions.

Obama meets with families of 9/11, USS Cole victims

Facing a potential backlash over his administration's policies for handling terror-suspect detainees, President Obama met privately Friday with 40 family members of victims of both the October 2000 USS Cole bombing and the September 11 attacks.

Charges dropped against suspect in USS Cole bombing

The U.S. government has dropped charges against Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, the suspect in the bombing of the destroyer USS Cole, according to a Pentagon spokesman.

Judge refuses to delay case against USS Cole suspect

A military judge Thursday refused to delay proceedings against the accused mastermind of the bombing of the destroyer USS Cole despite President Obama's call for a temporary halt to trials of suspected terrorists.

Time.com: UN: Gitmo Trials Unfair

U.S. prosecution of terror suspects at its Guantanamo Bay detention facility fall short of international standards for fair trials

Military to seek death penalty for USS Cole suspect

The U.S. military will seek the death penalty against Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, making him the first person charged in the United States for the attack on the USS Cole, an Air Force general said Monday.

Sources: Report to detail alleged abuse inside CIA secret prisons

From secret prisons to Guantanamo Bay

In September of 2006, President Bush announced that 14 suspected terrorists who were being held in CIA custody had been transferred to the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Ban lifted, media witness solemn return of fallen service member

His name was Phillip A. Myers. A staff sergeant in the U.S. Air Force, he was killed in a roadside bombing in Afghanistan on Saturday.

Sailor in spy case gets maximum 10-year sentence

A former U.S. Navy sailor who provided al Qaeda supporters secret information about planned ship movements received a maximum 10-year prison sentence, the Justice Department announced Friday.

U.S. may hand over Yemeni detainees at Gitmo to Saudis

The United States has discussed sending some Guantanamo Bay detainees of Yemeni citizenship to Saudi Arabia for rehabilitation, according to a diplomatic source with knowledge of the discussions.

Obama meets with families of 9/11, USS Cole victims

Charges dropped against suspect in USS Cole bombing

The U.S. government has dropped charges against Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, the suspect in the bombing of the destroyer USS Cole, according to a Pentagon spokesman.

Judge refuses to delay case against USS Cole suspect

Time.com: UN: Gitmo Trials Unfair

U.S. prosecution of terror suspects at its Guantanamo Bay detention facility fall short of international standards for fair trials

Military to seek death penalty for USS Cole suspect

Time.com: Saudi Charged in USS Cole Bombing

The Pentagon said Monday it is charging a Saudi Arabian with "organizing and directing" the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole -- and will seek the death penalty

U.S. Navy ships move closer to Lebanon

The U.S. Navy has moved the guided-missile destroyer USS Cole and other ships to the eastern Mediterranean Sea off Lebanon, Pentagon officials said Thursday.

Alleged bin Laden bodyguard charged

An alleged close associate of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is facing a number of charges, including providing material support for terrorism, the U.S. Office of Military Commissions said Friday.

Yemeni officials: USS Cole mastermind still in custody

Jamal al-Badawi, one of the masterminds of the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole, was still in Yemeni custody Monday, authorities said, responding to reports that he had been freed.

Justice Department 'dismayed' over release of USS Cole bombing leader

U.S. law enforcement officials Friday blasted Yemen's release of one of the leaders of the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole, which killed 17 U.S. sailors.

Cole bombing suspect says he confessed under torture

A suspect in the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen said he was tortured into admitting responsibility for that attack and others, according to a hearing transcript the Pentagon released Friday.

Former U.S. Navy sailor arrested on terror charges

A former member of the U.S. Navy was arrested Wednesday in Phoenix, Arizona, on charges of espionage and providing material support to terrorists, the Department of Justice said.

Yemen 'foils two suicide attacks'

Yemen authorities thwarted attempts by suicide bombers to blow up two oil facilities with explosive-laden cars, killing both attackers Friday, an official Yemeni source said, according to the state-run Saba news agency.

14 terror suspects profiled

Fourteen al Qaeda prisoners in CIA custody have been transferred to the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for trial before a military tribunal, President Bush said in a speech Wednesday.

In the sights of a joystick killing machine

As I stood talking into a camera on a remote airstrip in Kandahar, a Predator drone circled the sky, putting me into its sights with its high-precision cameras -- and just a trigger away from being turned into the charred remains of a Hellfire missile.

Yemen: Eight jail tunnel escapees now in custody

Yemen's government said Thursday that eight of the men who staged a daring escape from prison earlier this year have been captured or surrendered.

Soccer balls, broomsticks aid Yemen jailbreak

Soccer balls, broomsticks and pieces of a broken fan were used to dig the tunnel through which 23 Yemeni fugitives, including members of al Qaeda, escaped prison this month, according to a report by the Yemeni government.

FBI puts al-Zarqawi high on its list

The leader of al Qaeda in Iraq has been placed on an FBI list of top terrorism suspects who haven't been charged with crimes in the United States but are wanted for questioning.

Warships aid search for Yemeni escapees

International warships under the command of the U.S. Navy moved Thursday into waters off Yemen, attempting to block possible escape routes for 23 prisoners who escaped last week, a senior U.S. military official said.

Second terrorist ID'd in Yemen jailbreak

Another terrorist wanted in the United States was identified among the escapees from a Yemeni prison last week, the FBI said Wednesday.

Yemen prison break raises alarms at sea

Last week's jailbreak in Yemen of convicted terrorists, including the man considered to be the mastermind of the attack on the destroyer USS Cole, poses "a serious problem," U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said Tuesday.

USS Cole plotter escapes prison

Interpol has issued "an urgent global security alert" after 23 "dangerous individuals" -- including a man identified as the mastermind of the attack on the USS Cole in 2000 -- escaped from a Yemeni prison.

Know your terrorist

Out the window, you can see the 168 empty chairs that bear witness to the victims of the Oklahoma City bombing. Downstairs, you can tour the museum that captures the terror that happened here on April 19, 1995.

Navy investigates carrier security breach

U.S. and British military and law enforcement officials are investigating how a man was able to sneak on board the USS Harry S. Truman last month while the aircraft carrier was making a port call in Portsmouth, England.

Transcript of Bush speech on terrorism

Following is a transcript of a speech on fighting terrorism President Bush delivered Tuesday at the National Defense University.

Court upholds death sentence in USS Cole bombing

A Yemeni appeals court on Saturday upheld a death sentence for a man convicted of being the mastermind behind the bombing of the USS Cole, but reduced a death sentence given to a second man, a government official told CNN.

2 sentenced to death for Cole bomb

A Yemeni court has handed down death sentences to two men -- one currently in U.S. custody -- for their roles in the bombing of the USS Cole, an official source in San'a said.

Pataki invokes 9/11 in Bush introduction

New York Gov. George Pataki introduced President Bush at the Republican National Convention Thursday night by invoking images of September 11, 2001.

Al Qaeda man faces tribunal

A self-confessed member of al Qaeda accused of conspiracy against the United States went before a military tribunal Thursday, the third such hearing in as many days.

U.S. carrier collides with boat

The aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy has collided with an unidentified dhow while on patrol in the Arabian Gulf, the U.S. Navy said.

Web site links al-Zarqawi to Iraq oil attacks

A Web site posted a statement Monday attributed to Osama bin Laden associate Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, claiming responsibility for deadly weekend suicide attacks on two oil terminals in southern Iraq.

CNN correspondent to wed Jordanian prince

Former CNN correspondent Rym Brahimi is engaged to Jordanian King Abdullah II's half-brother, Prince Ali, the palace announced Friday.

Schneider: Memo 'could be seriously damaging'

The White House has released part of a key intelligence report on Osama Bin Laden that says the head of al Qaeda had been determined to conduct terror attacks in the United States since 1997. CNN's Carol Lin talked to senior political analyst Bill Schneider about the implications of the memo's contents.

Sources: Yemen arrests suspect in Cole bombing

Yemeni security forces have identified one of two men arrested Saturday as a suspect in the attack on the USS Cole in October 2000, the Interior Ministry said.

Yemen arrests 'al Qaeda figure'

A top al Qaeda operative that U.S. authorities have linked to the USS Cole attack, surrendered after a shoot-out with Yemeni security forces, according to Yemen's Interior Ministry.

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