Charlie Savage

Charlie Savage appears in the following:

Demonstrators hold a rally to urge President Barack Obama to fulfill his pledge to close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and end indefinite detention outside the White House May 23, 2014.

Uncovering Obama's National Security Policy Agenda

Thursday, December 31, 2015

Charlie Savage discusses the hawkish evolution of the Obama administration's national security policy in, "Power Wars: Inside Obama's Post-9/11 Presidency."

Comments [2]

Demonstrators hold a rally to urge President Barack Obama to fulfill his pledge to close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and end indefinite detention outside the White House May 23, 2014.

Obama's Legacy on Guantanamo, Drones, and Mass Surveillance

Tuesday, November 03, 2015

Charlie Savage discusses the hawkish evolution of the Obama administration's national security policy in Power Wars: Inside Obama's Post-9/11 Presidency.

Comment

WikiLeaks Exposes Attempted Deals to Transfer Inmates Out of Gitmo

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

While President Obama has received much criticism for failing to close the Guantánamo Bay prison camp in the first year of his presidency, new classified documents released by WikiLeaks reveal the attempted dealings between the administration and other governments to try and move detainees out of the detention center. In an article in The New York Times, reporter Charlie Savage details attempted deals with Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Lithuania and Albania, among other countries.

Currently 174 inmates remain at the facility: a third of them are from Yemen.

While President Barack Obama has received much criticism for failing to close the Guantanamo Bay prison camp in the first year of his presidency, new classified documents obtained by WikiLeaks reveal the backroom dealings between the administration and other governments to try and move detainees out of the detention center. In an article in The New York Times, reporter Charlie Savage reports on attempted deals with Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Lithuania and Albania, among other countries.

Currently 174 inmates remain at the facility, and a third of them are from Yemen.

We talk with Savage about the findings in the WikiLeaks documents. And Jonathan Mahler explains why it's been so difficult for the United States to transfer the detainees and move forward with closing the prison at Guantanamo Bay.

Comment

Charlie Savage on Presidential Power

Tuesday, July 07, 2009

In recent weeks President Obama has come under fire from civil libertarians for reports that his administration is drafting plans to detail terrorism suspects indefinitely. Charlie Savage of the New York Times takes a look at how much power the President claims he has and how that compares to his ...

Comments [2]

Obama & Executive Power

Thursday, March 12, 2009

On the campaign trail Barack Obama was extremely critical of the Bush Administration's expansive view of executive power, but has any of that changed now that he is President? We'll talk to New York Times reporter Charlie Savage about how President Obama is dealing with the extraordinary powers the previous ...

Comments [6]

The Subversion of American Democracy

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Boston Globe reporter and Pulitzer Prize-winner, Charlie Savage describes the power struggle between the Bush administration and the legislative branches of government in Takeover. Mr. Savage argues that since President Bush assumed the Presidency in 2001, he, along with Vice President Cheney and White House attorneys, have enlarged the role ...

Comments [3]

Sharing is Caring

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

A new bike sharing system has been a hit in Paris. Would a bike share work here in New York too? Then, an Orthodox Jewish writer discusses his crisis of faith when deciding whether to circumcise his newborn son. Also, the Gurus of How-To, Al and Larry Ubell take ...

Comment

Sponsored

Charlie Savage Newsfeed

RSS Subscribe to the RSS Feed (Atom)