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The Guantanamo Files

Articles based on a huge trove of secret documents leaked to the anti-secrecy organization WikiLeaks and made available to The New York Times by another source on the condition of anonymity.

Brennan Linsley/Associated Press

Classified Files Offer
New Insights Into Detainees

Classified assessments of detainees at the Guantánamo Bay prison obtained by The New York Times give the fullest public picture to date of the prisoners held there. April 24, 2011

Libyan Shifts From Detainee to Rebel, and U.S. Ally of Sorts

Bryan Denton for The New York Times

The Guantánamo assessment of a former Libyan detainee uses Libyan intelligence, but now that former detainee is a rebel trying to oust Libya’s leader. April 24, 2011


Flawed Evidence
for Assessing Risk

Louie Palu/Zuma Press

A review of the assessments of Guantánamo detainees reveals that military analysts sometimes ignored serious flaws in the evidence, releasing some wrongly judged a minimal threat and holding others who were no threat. April 24, 2011

As Acts of War or Despair, Suicides Rattle a Prison

Louie Palu/Zuma Press

The threat of suicide has created a chronic tension at the Guantánamo prison — a tactic frequently discussed by the captives and a constant fear for their captors. April 24, 2011

Dossier Shows Push for More Terror Attacks After 9/11

Saifullah Paracha, left, was one of a small circle of Al Qaeda operatives who explored ways to follow up on the hijackings with new attacks, according to classified Guantánamo files. April 25, 2011

The Guantánamo Docket

Government documents, court records and media reports on the detainees at Guantánamo.

The Government’s Guide to Assessing Prisoners

View documents designed to guide interrogators as they attempted to assess what risk detainees might pose in the future.