It’s official: Eleven and a half years after the “war on terror” prison opened at Guantánamo, the maximum number of prisoners that the U.S. military intends to prosecute, or has already prosecuted, is 20 — or just 2.5 percent of the 779 men held at the prison since it opened in January 2002.

The news was announced on Monday, June 10, by Army Brig. Gen. Mark Martins, the chief prosecutor for the military commissions at Guantánamo, and it is a … Continue reading U.S. Military Admits Only 2.5 Percent of All Prisoners Ever Held at Guantánamo Will Be Tried