Dina Temple-Raston

White House Has Renewed Resolve To Close Guantanamo

Dina Temple-Raston — Mon, 20 May 2013 21:28:00 +0000

For the first time in years, the Obama administration appears to be focused on shuttering the Guantanamo Bay prison and – at a minimum — has redoubled its efforts to reduce the number of people held there.

The key, officials familiar with the administration's thinking say, may lie with 56 Yemeni detainees, a group of men who have been at the island facility for more than a decade though U.S.

AP Targeted By Justice Department After Yemen Bomber Story

Dina Temple-Raston — Wed, 15 May 2013 20:47:00 +0000

Attorney General Eric Holder is defending the Justice Department against allegations of overreach after officials revealed that investigators had obtained phone records from the Associated Press. The unusual action is the latest in a year long investigation into a 2012 AP story that revealed details of a terrorist plot out of Yemen. Attorney General Eric Holder summed up the leak this way: "This was a very, very serious leak. It is within the top two or three most serious leaks that I have ever seen." Dina Temple-Raston talks to Audie Cornish.

Obama Renews Call To Close Guantanamo Amid Hunger Strike

Dina Temple-Raston — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:43:00 +0000

For months now prisoners at the military prison at Guantanamo Bay have been on a hunger strike. It started in January with dozens of men refusing meals. Now more than 100 of the 166 detainees at Guantanamo have joined the protest. More than a dozen of them are being force-fed. Defense attorneys say the reason for the strike can be summed up in one word: Hopelessness. The men think they will never leave Guantanamo. But now the protest appears to have worked. On Tuesday, the White House appeared to be paying attention. President Obama said he would make a fresh attempt to close the prison.

Investigators Trace Tamerlan Tsarnaev's Activities Abroad

Dina Temple-Raston — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 22:18:00 +0000

The investigation into the Boston Marathon bombing continues. Investigators have spoken with the parents of the suspects in Russia. Audie Cornish talks to Dina Temple-Raston about the latest developments.

Investigators Name Two Suspects In Boston Bombing

Dina Temple-Raston — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 22:11:00 +0000

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We begin this hour with a major break in the investigation into Monday's bombings at the Boston Marathon.

RICHARD DESLAURIERS: Today, we are enlisting the public's help to identify the two suspects. After a very detailed analysis of photo, video and other evidence, we are releasing photos of these two suspects. They are identified as Suspect 1 and Suspect 2. They appeared to be associated.

Pakistan's Ambitious Program To Re-Educate Militants

Dina Temple-Raston — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 07:15:00 +0000

A Pakistani army officer named Col. Zeshan is giving a tour of a jihadi rehabilitation center secreted in the hills of northwest Pakistan's Swat Valley.

"This place was also captured by the Taliban," he says, walking me around the heavily guarded complex. "The army took over this place from them ... when the war was going on."

The war against the Pakistani Taliban in Swat began in 2009. It was a military offensive that took a year to drive most of the Pakistani Taliban out of the valley.

After Decade Of Detention, Guantanamo Prisoners Go On Hunger Strike

Dina Temple-Raston — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 20:56:00 +0000

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And I'm Robert Siegel. More than two dozen detainees at the prison at Guantanamo Bay are on a hunger strike. U.S. officials say the prisoners are refusing meals because after a decade in detention without trial, they feel they have been forgotten. But lawyers for the men tell a different story. NPR's Dina Temple-Raston reports.

DINA TEMPLE-RASTON, BYLINE: There are dueling narratives about why the 26 prisoners at Guantanamo stopped eating.

Bin Laden's Son-In-Law Arrested, Brought To U.S.

Dina Temple-Raston — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 17:11:00 +0000

Update at 4:30 p.m. EST. Details Of Capture

Osama bin Laden's son-in-law and a former al-Qaida spokesman, Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, is in U.S. custody and is being held in a Manhattan jail. He could appear in a federal court as soon as Friday, U.S. officials familiar with the case say.

His capture is considered important not just because he was so close to bin Laden but also because U.S. officials have decided to try him in a federal court, not Guantanamo Bay.

Abu Ghaith, 48, may be best known for his multiple appearances in al-Qaida propaganda videos.

Sept. 11 Trial Judge Gives Defense Attorneys Access To 'Camp 7'

Dina Temple-Raston — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 22:29:00 +0000

Defense attorneys in the trial of the five men accused of orchestrating the terror attacks on September 11th will get to see for the first time where their clients are incarcerated.

The army judge presiding over the trial at Guantanamo Bay said today he will allow the lawyers to visit a secret section of the prison.

It's known as Camp 7 and it's nestled in the crevice of a hill at Guantanamo Bay.

Hints Of Progress After Investigation at Guantanamo Court

Dina Temple-Raston — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 08:41:00 +0000

The most dramatic moment of the week's hearing at Guantanamo Bay's military commissions was when a one-legged man stood up and began to berate the judge.

The one-legged man, Walid bin Attash, is one of the defendants in the high-profile Sept. 11 case, and his complaint was a throwback to a time when the tribunal first opened.