http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/washingtonpost.com: Guantanamo Timelineen-ushttp://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/October 9, 2009: Two detainees transferred from Guantanamo Bay; one to Kuwait, one to Belgium.Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/October 9, 2009: Two detainees transferred from Guantanamo Bay; one to Kuwait, one to Belgium.Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/September 26, 2009: Ireland accepts the transfer of two Uzbeks from Guantanamo Bay. One Yemeni is transferred from Guantanamo Bay to Yemen.Sat, 26 Sep 2009 04:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/August 28, 2009: Two Syrian detainees transferred from Guantanamo Bay to Portugal.Fri, 28 Aug 2009 04:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/August 24, 2009: Mohammed Jawad is transferred from Guantanamo to Afghanistan after a U.S. district court ordered his release.Mon, 24 Aug 2009 04:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/June 12, 2009: Three detainees are transferred to Saudi Arabia.Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/June 11, 2009: Four Uighurs are transferred from Guantanamo Bay to Bermuda. One Chadian is transferred to Chad, and an Iraqi to Iraq.Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/June 9, 2009: The first detainee, Ahmed Ghailani, who is not an American citizen is brought from Guantanamo Bay to the United States to face a federal trial.Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/May 15, 2009: Lakhdar Boumediene, an Algerian national, is released to France. He had been held since 2002 and lent his name to a landmark Supreme Court case which ruled detainees at Guantanamo Bay had the right to habeas corpus.Fri, 15 May 2009 04:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/May 15, 2009: President Obama announces he will revamp, rather than reject, the system of military tribunals that President George W. Bush created to try terrorism suspects. Fri, 15 May 2009 04:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/February 23, 2009: Binyam Mohammed is transferred to the United Kingdom.Mon, 23 Feb 2009 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/January 22, 2009: President Obama issues three executive orders--one ordering the closure of the prison at Guantanamo Bay in one year, another banning the use of controversial CIA interrogation techniques, and one ordering the review of detention policy options.Thu, 22 Jan 2009 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/January 20, 2009: President Obama is inaugurated.Tue, 20 Jan 2009 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/January 17, 2009: Six detainees are transferred out of Guantnamo Bay--four to Iraq, one to Algeria, and one to Afghanistan.Sat, 17 Jan 2009 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/January 14, 2009: A public statement saying that detainee was tortured is released for the first time by a senior Bush administration official responsible for reviewing practices at Guantanamo Bay. The statement said that the treatment of a Saudi national (Mohammed al-Qahtani) who allegedly planned to participate in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, met the legal definition of torture.Wed, 14 Jan 2009 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/December 27, 2008: Salim Hamdan is freed in Yemen. Sat, 27 Dec 2008 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/December 16, 2008: Three detainees are transferred to Bosnia, they are part of the Algerian Five who were ruled releasable in DC District Court in November.Tue, 16 Dec 2008 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/November 25, 2008: Salim Hamdan (alleged to be Osama bin Laden's driver) is transferred to the custody of Yemen. Hamdan was sentenced to 5 ½ years in prison, with 5 years and one month credited for pre-trial confinement. Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/November 18, 2008: The chief military judge at Guantanamo Bay announces his retirement, effectively ruining the small chance that the trial of conspirators in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks could get underway before the Bush administration ends.Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/November 11, 2008: Two Algerians transferred to Algeria. Tue, 11 Nov 2008 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/November 4, 2008: One detainee is released to Somaliland. Tue, 04 Nov 2008 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/November 3, 2008: A military commission sentenced Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman al Bahlul of Yemen to confinement for life for conspiracy, solicitation and providing material support to terrorism. Bahlul is serving his sentence in Guantanamo BayMon, 03 Nov 2008 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/August 6, 2008: A military jury finds Hamdan guilty of supporting terrorism but not of conspiring in terrorist attacks. Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/June 30, 2008: Military Commission Charges sworn against Abd al Rahim Al-NashiriMon, 30 Jun 2008 04:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/June 12, 2008: The United States Supreme Court rules 5-4 on Boumediene v. Bush and Al Odah v. United States that detainees at Guantanamo Bay should have a right to challenge their detention in US Federal Courts through habeas corpus petitionsThu, 12 Jun 2008 04:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/June 5, 2008: Five of the high value detainees at Guantanamo who were involved planning the September 11th attacks are arraigned at Guantanamo.Thu, 05 Jun 2008 04:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/May 30, 2007: A Saudi detainee committs suicide in Camp Five.Wed, 30 May 2007 04:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/May 19, 2007: Department of Defense announces the transfer of Australian David Hicks to Australian custodySat, 19 May 2007 04:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/April 27, 2007: High Value Detainee, Abd al Hadi Al Iraqi, transferred from CIA custody to Guantanamo Bay.Fri, 27 Apr 2007 04:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/April 24, 2007: Military Commission charges referred for Omar Khadr.Tue, 24 Apr 2007 04:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/April 15, 2007: Combatant Status Review Tribunal held for Majid Khan.Sun, 15 Apr 2007 04:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/April 4, 2007: Combatant Status Review Tribunal held for HambaliWed, 04 Apr 2007 04:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/March 30, 2007: Combatant Status Review Tribunal held for Ammar al BaluchiFri, 30 Mar 2007 04:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/March 27, 2007: Combatant Status Review Tribunal held for Abu ZubaidaTue, 27 Mar 2007 04:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/March 26, 2007: AbdulMalik Abdul-Jabbar, a Kenyan, is transferred to Guantanamo Bay, marking the first time since September 2004 that a detainee has been directly transferred to Guantanamo.Mon, 26 Mar 2007 04:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/March 26, 2007: Australian David M. Hicks pleaded guilty to one charge of material support for terrorism during a brief military hearing.Mon, 26 Mar 2007 04:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/March 21, 2007: Combatant Status Review Tribunal held for HawsawiWed, 21 Mar 2007 04:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/March 20, 2007: Combatant Status Review Tribunal held for Mohammed Nazir Bin Lep.Tue, 20 Mar 2007 04:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/March 17, 2007: Combatant Status Review Tribunal held for Ahmad Khalfan Ghailani.Sat, 17 Mar 2007 04:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/March 14, 2007: Combatant Status Review Tribunal held for Abd Al Nashiri. He claims torture made him confess to terrorist activities.Wed, 14 Mar 2007 04:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/March 13, 2007: Combatant Status Review Tribunal held for Mohamed Farik Bin Amin Zubair.Tue, 13 Mar 2007 04:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/March 12, 2007: Combatant Status Review Tribunal held for Tawfiq Bin Attash.Mon, 12 Mar 2007 04:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/March 10, 2007: Combatant Status Review Tribunal held for Khalid Sheik Mohammed.Sat, 10 Mar 2007 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/March 9, 2007: Combatant Status Review Tribunal held for Abu Faraj Al Libi.Fri, 09 Mar 2007 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/March 9, 2007: Combatant Status Review Tribunal held for Ramzi Binalshibh.Fri, 09 Mar 2007 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/January 18, 2007: Department of Defense announces the creation of the Military Commissions Manual.Thu, 18 Jan 2007 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/December 31, 2006: 114 detainees transferred out of the facility for the year (including the three who died of apparent suicides).Sun, 31 Dec 2006 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/December 13, 2006: Judge Robertson dismisses Hamdan habeas corpus case citing lack of jurisdiction due to MCA legislation, setting up an appeal to the Supreme Court.Wed, 13 Dec 2006 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/December 7, 2006: First detainees are transferred to the newly-constructed Camp SixThu, 07 Dec 2006 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/November 17, 2006: Final three detainees ruled to be No Longer Enemy Combatants are released to Albania.Fri, 17 Nov 2006 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/November 17, 2006: U.S. military announces a plan to build a new compound on the base to hold the military commission proceedings. Fri, 17 Nov 2006 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/October 31, 2006: John Bellinger gives a speech to the London School of Economics on holding detainees in the war on terror.Tue, 31 Oct 2006 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/October 17, 2006: President Bush signs the Military Commissions into law.Tue, 17 Oct 2006 04:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/September 28, 2006: Newly crafted Military Commission Act passes Congress.Thu, 28 Sep 2006 04:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/September 26, 2006: International Committee of the Red Cross sends a delegation to Guantanamo to meet with the 14 newly transferred prisoners.Tue, 26 Sep 2006 04:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/September 6, 2006: 14 High Value detainees are transferred to Guantanamo from secret sites.Wed, 06 Sep 2006 04:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/August 24, 2006: Murat Kurnaz released. (In January 2005, U.S. District Judge Joyce Hens Green criticized the military for ignoring evidence in Kurnaz's favor and ruled that his detention was illegal. Her ruling was stayed while the government appealed.)Thu, 24 Aug 2006 04:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/June 29, 2006: Supreme Court rules 5-3 that the military commission system for Guantanamo Bay violates U.S. and international law, and that the Geneva Conventions apply to the detainees.Thu, 29 Jun 2006 04:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/June 10, 2006: Saudi Arabians Mani Shaman Turki al-Habardi al-Utaybi, 30, and Yasser Talal al-Zahrani, 22, and Ali Abdullah Ahmed of Yemen, who was 29 or 30, die by apparent suicide.Sat, 10 Jun 2006 04:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/May 28, 2006: The Department of Defense says 75 prisoners at the U.S. Naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, were on a hunger strike joining a few who have refused food and been force-fed since August 2005, a military official said.Sun, 28 May 2006 04:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/May 18, 2006: Two detainees attempt suicide. A riot breaks out in reaction to the event.Thu, 18 May 2006 04:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/April 19, 2006: The Department of Defense releases the names of 558 people who have been held at one time at Guantanamo Bay.Wed, 19 Apr 2006 04:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/March 31, 2006: Rear Admiral Harry B. Harris takes command of Joint Task Force - Guantanamo.Fri, 31 Mar 2006 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/March 28, 2006: The Supreme Court hears oral arguments in Hamdan v. RumsfeldTue, 28 Mar 2006 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/February 15, 2006: UN Report Recommends Closure of Guantanamo.Wed, 15 Feb 2006 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/December 31, 2005: 54 detainees transferred out of the facility for the year.Sat, 31 Dec 2005 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/December 30, 2005: DTA is signed into law by President Bush.Fri, 30 Dec 2005 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/November 14, 2005: District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly blocks the Pentagon from resuming Hicks's military commission proceeding until the Supreme Court rules on its consitutionality in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld.Mon, 14 Nov 2005 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/November 10, 2005: U.S. Senate votes 49-42 to approve the Graham Amendment, which does not give the detainees the right to file habeas corpus petitions.Thu, 10 Nov 2005 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/November 7, 2005: The Supreme Court announces it will hear Hamdan v. Rumsfeld.Mon, 07 Nov 2005 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/July 15, 2005: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Court unanimously upholds President Bush's powers to create military commissions to try Hamdan, overturning Judge Robertson's November 8 order.Fri, 15 Jul 2005 04:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/May 2005: Riots break out internationally over alleged abuse of the Koran.Sun, 01 May 2005 04:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/March 29, 2005: The CSRT process is complete. 558 detainees completed the process; 38 were judged as No Longer Enemy Combatants and eligible for release.Tue, 29 Mar 2005 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/December 31, 2004: By December 31, 114 detainees have been transferred out of the facility for the year.Fri, 31 Dec 2004 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/November 8, 2004: U.S. District Judge James Robertson orders the Pentagon to halt the trial of detainee Salim Ahmed Hamdan who allegedly worked as Osama Bin Laden's driver, saying the military commissions are unlawful and cannot continue in their current form.Mon, 08 Nov 2004 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/August 30, 2004: CCR attorney is the first civilian attorney to meet with detainees at Guantanamo.Mon, 30 Aug 2004 04:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/August 24, 2004: First military commission is begun.Tue, 24 Aug 2004 04:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/August 13, 2004: Combatant Status Review Tribunals (CSRTs) start for the detainees. The tribunal involves three officers who present the unclassified summary evidence against the detainee and question him about his role in events. The three judge panel then decides whether the detainee is an enemy combatant or if he is releasable.Fri, 13 Aug 2004 04:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/July 7, 2004: In response to the decision, the Pentagon creates special military panels (Combatant Status Review Tribunals) to determine each detainees "enemy combatant" status.Wed, 07 Jul 2004 04:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/June 28, 2004: Supreme Court rules 6-3 in Rasul v. Bush that Guantanamo Bay detainees can use federal court to challenge their captivity.Mon, 28 Jun 2004 04:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/April 20, 2004: Supreme Court hears arguments on the Guantanamo detentions.Tue, 20 Apr 2004 04:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/March 2004: Major Jay Hood becomes the commander of Joint Task Force - Guantanamo.Mon, 01 Mar 2004 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/March 22, 2004: Department of Defense announces that Maj. Gen. Geoffrey D. Miller, Commander, Joint Task Force - Guantanamo, United States Southern Command, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba is moving to Deputy Commander for Detainee Operations, Combined Joint Task Force - 7/Multinational Force -- IraqMon, 22 Mar 2004 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/January 12, 2004: Five military lawyers assigned to defend detainees say they plan to tell the Supreme Court that some of the rules drawn up for the military tribunals are unconstitutional.Mon, 12 Jan 2004 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/December 31, 2003: By December 31, 83 detainees transferred out of the facility.Wed, 31 Dec 2003 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/December 3, 2003: Australian detainee David Hicks becomes the first prisoner to be given a lawyer.Wed, 03 Dec 2003 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/November 10, 2003: U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear the Guantanamo case.Mon, 10 Nov 2003 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/October 9, 2003: The Red Cross issues a public statement noting "deterioration in the psychological health of a large number of detainees."Thu, 09 Oct 2003 04:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/September 2003: Arrests become public of two translators and a Muslim chaplain who worked at Guantanamo on charges relating to alleged espionage and improper use of classified documents. The case against the chaplain later unravels.Mon, 01 Sep 2003 04:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/July 3, 2003: Bush designates six suspected al Qaeda terrorists eligible for military tribunals -- the first since World War II.Thu, 03 Jul 2003 04:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/May 9, 2003: Guantanamo hits its peak population of 680. (All told, the camp has processed 773 detainees, but 680 is the largest number of detainees there at one time.)Fri, 09 May 2003 04:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/March 11, 2003: Federal appeals court rules that the detainees have no legal rights in the United States.Tue, 11 Mar 2003 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/December 31, 2002: By December 31, 5 detainees are transferred out of the facility.Tue, 31 Dec 2002 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/October 27, 2002: Four detainees -- three Afghans and a Pakistani -- are released.Sun, 27 Oct 2002 04:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/September 20, 2002: Army Maj. Gen. Geoffrey D. assigned as commander, Joint Task Force - Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, CubaFri, 20 Sep 2002 04:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/June 11, 2002: Yasser Hamdi files a writ of habeas corpus.Tue, 11 Jun 2002 04:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/April 28, 2002: Detainees are moved from Camp X-Ray to Camp Delta, a more permanent detention center. Sun, 28 Apr 2002 04:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/April 25, 2002: Construction of the new 410-bed Camp Delta is completed.Thu, 25 Apr 2002 04:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/March 21, 2002: The Bush administration announces new military tribunal regulations.Thu, 21 Mar 2002 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/February 27, 2002: Almost two-thirds of detainees go on a hunger strike to protest a rule against turbans in the first organized act of defiance. U.S. officials decide to allow the turbans.Wed, 27 Feb 2002 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/February 21, 2002: Federal judge dismisses a challenge to the detentions.Thu, 21 Feb 2002 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/February 19, 2002: Center for Constitutional Rights files Rasul v. Bush, a habeas petition, in the D.C. circuit court on behalf of David Hicks, Shafiq Rasul and Asif Iqbal.Tue, 19 Feb 2002 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/February 12, 2002: U.S. officials say they envision a long-term prison camp on the island.Tue, 12 Feb 2002 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/January 27, 2002: Vice President Cheney calls the detainees "the worst of a very bad lot. They are very dangerous. They are devoted to killing millions of Americans."Sun, 27 Jan 2002 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/January 22, 2002: After a Navy photo is released showing detainees in goggles and masks, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld defends the detentions of "committed terrorists."Tue, 22 Jan 2002 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/January 18, 2002: President Bush decides detainees' standing as terrorists disqualifies them from prisoner-of-war protection under the Geneva conventions.Fri, 18 Jan 2002 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/January 11, 2002: First group of 20 detainees arrives at Guantanamo Bay’s Camp X-Ray, where they are housed in open-air cages with concrete floors. The International Committee of the Red Cross makes its first visit six days later.Fri, 11 Jan 2002 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/timeline/