CBS News Homeland Security Correspondent Bob Orr and CBS News Senior National Security Analyst Juan Zarate discuss the motives for and wisdom of negotiating with the Taliban to secure the release of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl

CBS News Homeland Security Correspondent Bob Orr and CBS News Senior National Security Analyst Juan Zarate discuss the motives for and wisdom of securing the release of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl in Afghanistan in exchange for releasing five high-level Taliban detainees from the prison at Guantanamo Bay.

• Jun 6, 2014
• 6:17

CBS News contributor Mike Morell, a former CIA deputy director, speaks about how difficult it will be to track the men released from Guantanamo in exchange for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl

CBS News contributor Mike Morell, a former CIA deputy director, speaks about how difficult it will be to track the men released from Guantanamo in exchange for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, and whether President Barack Obama should have informed Congress before the prisoner swap.

• Jun 3, 2014
• 1:38

Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., lambasts the Obama administration's controversial decision to swap five Guantanamo Bay detainees for U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was held hostage in Afghanistan

Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., lambasted the Obama administration's controversial decision to swap five Guantanamo Bay detainees for U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was held hostage in Afghanistan.

• Jun 3, 2014
• 2:22

The former secretary of state gave a measured defense of the Obama administration's controversial decision to swap five Guantanamo Bay detainees for U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl

During a question-and-answer session in Broomfield, Colorado, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave a measured defense of the Obama administration's controversial decision to swap five Guantanamo Bay detainees for U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was held hostage in Afghanistan.

• Jun 3, 2014
• 3:00

Top advisers don’t deny the five detainees traded for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl were hardened Taliban killers

Top advisers don’t deny the five detainees traded for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl were hardened Taliban killers, but the White House argues their release will not undermine U.S. national security. Major Garrett reports.

• Jun 2, 2014
• 2:16

David Ignatius, Leigh Gallagher, David Sanger, and CBS News' Nancy Cordes discuss the political reaction to the release of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl from Taliban captivity in exchange for five Guantanamo detainees

David Ignatius, Leigh Gallagher, David Sanger, and CBS News' Nancy Cordes discuss the political reaction to the release of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl from Taliban captivity in exchange for five Guantanamo detainees.

• Jun 1, 2014
• 13:01

Former CIA Director Michael Hayden reacts to the release of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl from Taliban captivity in exchange for five Guantanamo detainees and weighs in on Edward Snowden's latest interview

Former CIA Director Michael Hayden reacts to the release of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl from Taliban captivity in exchange for five Guantanamo detainees and weighs in on Edward Snowden's latest interview.

• Jun 1, 2014
• 6:26

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., says Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's release from Taliban captivity is good news, but we need to know more information about Guantanamo detainees the U.S. exchanged for his return

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., says Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's release from Taliban captivity is good news, but we need to know more information about Guantanamo detainees the U.S. exchanged for his return.

• Jun 1, 2014
• 6:27

David Ignatius and CBS News' David Martin discuss Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's release from Taliban captivity in exchange for five Guantanamo detainees

David Ignatius and CBS News' David Martin discuss Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's release from Taliban captivity in exchange for five Guantanamo detainees.

• Jun 1, 2014
• 5:51

Flash Points: Two terrorist groups in Syria are feuding, Islamist extremists in Nigeria are on the warpath, and officials in Great Britain make a high-profile arrest

Flash Points: CBS News Homeland Security Correspondent Bob Orr talks with CBS News Senior National Security Analyst Juan Zarate about terrorism in Syria and Nigeria, along with a high-profile arrest of a former Guantanamo detainee in Britain.

• Feb 28, 2014
• 4:22

Mike Wallace’s trip to the “strangely tranquil” U.S. naval base known as Gitmo, 30 years before it housed accused 9/11 terrorists and al Qaeda fighters

Mike Wallace’s trip to the “strangely tranquil” U.S. naval base known as Gitmo, 30 years before it housed accused 9/11 terrorists and al Qaeda fighters

• Nov 17, 2013
• 13:02

The case of two terror suspects who claim they were tortured in a secret CIA prison in Poland has reached Europe's Human Rights Court

The case of two terror suspects who claim they were tortured in a secret CIA prison in Poland has reached Europe's Human Rights Court. The case involves a Saudi national accused in the deadly al-Qaeda attack on the USS Cole in 2000, and a Palestinian man who has never been charged with a crime. CBS News' Tina Kraus reports.

• Dec 3, 2013
• 1:15

Guantanamo Bay prison commander fired

Navy Rear Adm. John Ring was relieved of those duties due to a "loss of confidence in his ability to command, the U.S. Southern Command says

• Apr 29, 2019

Face the Nation, 11.21.10

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton joined Face the Nation and urged Republicans in the Senate to ratify a new nuclear arms control treaty with Russia; Then, Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) spoke with Bob Schieffer on the controversial TSA airport screening process; Also, Bob Schieffer comments on British Royal engagements and parties.

• Nov 21, 2010
• 23:38

Face the Nation, 07.11.10

On this Face the Nation Exclusive, Bob Schieffer interviews Attorney General Eric Holder from the Aspen Ideas Festival in Colorado discussing his views on Arizona's new immigration law, the administration plans for closing Guantanamo, and when and where he now plans to try 9/11 mastermind Kahlid Sheik Mohammed; also Bob Schieffer comments on the wise men who created our national parks.

• Jul 11, 2010
• 25:12

Guantanamo Bay in 1972: "Strangely tranquil"

Mike Wallace's trip to the "strangely tranquil" U.S. naval base known as Gitmo, 30 years before it housed accused 9/11 terrorists and al Qaeda fighters.

• Nov 17, 2013
• 13:03

A debrief with the 60 Minutes team who went to Gitmo

A conversation with the 60 minutes team that got rare access to film detainees and the maximum-security detention camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

• Nov 17, 2013
• 4:29

White House, Cheney Spar

Former VP Dick Cheney defended the Bush Administration's terrorist interrogation program and took shots at the Attorney General. As Bob Orr reports, The White House says Cheney has his facts wrong.

• Aug 31, 2009
• 1:57

Former Guantanamo prisoner charged with assaulting partner

Australian David Hicks, 1st prisoner convicted by U.S. military court who managed to regain freedom, is back in a court

• Jan 10, 2017

U.S. transfers 15 Guantanamo detainees to United Arab Emirates

Transfer of more than a dozen prisoners, 12 Yemeni nationals and three Afghans, is the largest group of detainees to be transferred during President Obama's tenure

• Aug 15, 2016

Donald Trump suggests trying Americans at Guantanamo Bay

"I would say they could be tried there, that'll be fine," the GOP said Thursday of Americans accused of terrorism

• Aug 11, 2016

Evening News Online, 11.17.10

Wednesday: A major setback to the administration's attempt to show that suspects held at Guantanamo can be prosecuted in civilian courts; Also, Strong demand for GM stock has pushed the IPO price for its stock way up; Plus, the FDA enacts a virtual ban on alcoholic energy drinks.

• Nov 17, 2010
• 21:12

​U.S. frees 9 from Guantanamo, sends them to Saudi Arabia

Pentagon says the move is part of an effort to release detainees considered low-risk while seeking to transfer the remainder to the U.S.

• Apr 16, 2016

CBS/NYT Poll: Americans' views on Cuba

The poll, released as President Obama visits Cuba, found 52 percent of Americans approve of his handling of relations with the country

• Mar 21, 2016

2016 candidates respond to Obama's Guantanamo plan

Democrat Bernie Sanders praised the Obama administration's moves to shut down the Cuba prison, while Republican Marco Rubio sharply criticized it

• Feb 23, 2016

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