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We have 166 people detained at guantanamo and 86 have been secured by his administration. what are we doing anymore, what has the situation has become where we are sustaining laf with procedures like you just saw. and for the record, i don't think that is a dramatization. i have sat across from men who have described that to me. i have heard that for years, and i found it completely horrible and very hard to watch. >> very hard to watch. >> but i think the point is, we're still waiting for action to go with president obama's statements. it's been two months since that speech. it's been over fi...

Rule the forced feeding, iltsel, was legal or illegal but found her court lacked any legal jurisdiction to get involved. any legal jurisdiction at all to end the forced feeding program at guantanamo. she wrote, "no court, justice or judge shall have jurisdictions to hear any aspect of the detention, transfer, treatment, trial or conditions of confinement of an alien who has been properly detained as an enemy combatant." courts are constrained by a lack of jurisdiction to rule on whether or not these prisoners should be forced to undergo a procedure that the judge calls a painful, humiliating a...

Jurisdiction to get involved. any legal jurisdiction at all to end the forced feeding program at guantanamo. she wrote, "no court, justice or judge shall have jurisdictions to hear any aspect of the detention, transfer, treatment, trial or conditions of confinement of an alien who has been properly detained as an enemy combatant." courts are constrained by a lack of jurisdiction to rule on whether or not these prisoners should be forced to undergo a procedure that the judge calls a painful, humiliating and degrading process. degrading process. deemed degrading not only by this judge, but also ...

His promise to close the detention facility in front of 6,000 berliners. >> even as we remain vigilant about the threat of terrorism, we must move beyond the mindset of perpetual war. and in america that means redoubling our efforts to close the prison at guantanamo. >> the president's words were met with applause by a european public, seemingly more outraged by the fate of gitmo detainees than his own american constituents back home a majority of whom seem to support keeping the detention facility open for business. the loudest political voices advocating for '6 closure belong to diane fine s...

Hunger strike as of this morning. navy troops are tube feeding, or as the president calls it, force feeding 44 of the hunger striking detainees. they've been on strike for about four months and first thing we learned today at the hearing with khalid shaikh mohammed is that the 9/11 accused are not on a hunger strike. they look fit. they look like they're eating and in fact we're in a lunch recess where they've been given an opportunity to pray and have lunch. as for clifford sloan, i have to tell you, it was a bit of a surprise. people down here didn't immediately recognize his name and we kno...