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Alex Massie

Freelance Journalist and Political Blogger
Bio: Freelance hack, Spectator blogger, disappointingly poor cricketer. Not writing a novel.
Location: Scotland
RT @CrowleyTIME: Obama on Gitmo 5 yrs ago: "I refuse to allow this problem to fester. I refuse to pass it on…. It is my responsibility to s…

Sherman Frederick

Las Vegas Review-Journal — Political Columnist
Bio: Columnist for Las Vegas Review-Journal and Stephens Media. Member Nevada Newspaper Hall of Fame. Owner of Battle Born Media.
Location: Las Vegas
Obama shud apprehend Benghazi suspects and put them in Gitmo. Instead, he lets them run free. t.co/ocCJX7mRj7

Peter Maer

CBS News — White House Correspondent
Bio: CBS News White House Correspondent. Reports for CBS News/Radio and http://cbsnews.com.
Location: CBS News, The White House
Use of drones and future of Gitmo among issues in Obama Thurs. speech on counter-terror efforts.

Rachel Hartman

Yahoo! News — Political Reporter
Bio: White House Reporter, Yahoo! News. Contact me at rachelrosehartman [at] yahoo [dot] com
Location: Washington, DC
Beats: Politics, U.S.
President "will address" Gitmo in his speech Thurs, Carney says but gives no addl details.

Josh Rogin

Daily Beast — Senior Correspondent
Bio: Senior Correspondent - Newsweek Daily Beast
Location: Washington, DC
RT @ZekeJMiller: Carney says Obama will address Gitmo in Thursday speech. Won't preview

John Foley

InformationWeek — Editor
Bio: Tech, gov, cloud, soccer
Location: New York

Imran Garda

Al Jazeera English — News Anchor
Bio: I think, therefore I'mran
Location: Johannesburg
Beat: World
Close it down? No, let's give it an upgrade! RT “@ForeignPolicy: Pentagon considers $200 million renovation of Gitmo t.co/n8PQLUEt7R
Gitmo needs $200 million in upgrades; Guardsmen called up in Oklahoma; an ICBM test planned for today; Hagel meets with a Russian; What North Korea could do to the U.S.; Baron, out; and a bit more.
The Pentagon is considering a request from U.S. Southern Command to spend about $200 million renovating some of the buildings at Gitmo. President Barack Obama is expected to make a major speech

Tim O'Brien

Bloomberg News — Publisher, Bloomberg View
Bio: Publisher, @BloombergView. Former HP, New York Times editor and reporter. Author.
Location: New York
@dangerroom: US Southern Command wants a $200M upgrade for Gitmo. t.co/qFRKprOCHn suuuuure it's closing soon.”
Gitmo needs $200 million in upgrades; Guardsmen called up in Oklahoma; an ICBM test planned for today; Hagel meets with a Russian; What North Korea could do to the U.S.; Baron, out; and a bit more.
The Pentagon is considering a request from U.S. Southern Command to spend about $200 million renovating some of the buildings at Gitmo. President Barack Obama is expected to make a major speech

Christophe Vogt

AFP — Editor-in-Chief, France
Bio: Rédacteur en Chef France pour l'AFP. Curieux de tout (pour de vrai). Un RT ne veut pas dire que je suis d'accord hein!
Location: Paris France
Beat: World
RT @dangerroom: US Southern Command wants a $200M upgrade for Gitmo. t.co/m8L0s0ICO5 suuuuure it's closing soon.
Gitmo needs $200 million in upgrades; Guardsmen called up in Oklahoma; an ICBM test planned for today; Hagel meets with a Russian; What North Korea could do to the U.S.; Baron, out; and a bit more.
The Pentagon is considering a request from U.S. Southern Command to spend about $200 million renovating some of the buildings at Gitmo. President Barack Obama is expected to make a major speech

Lizzy Tomei

GlobalPost — Managing Editor
Bio: Managing Editor @GlobalPost. Former Cambodia Daily reporter/editor, reporter @SFPublicPress, senior editor @ColumbiaJIA. SIPA and Kenyon alum, SF native.
Location: Boston, MA
RT @csmonitor: In major national security speech Thursday, @BarackObama will talk #terrorism, #drones, Al Qaeda, and #Gitmo: t.co/FG
Obama to detail terrorism policy including drone attacks and Guantánamo Bay prison
allies on counter-terrorism efforts. It is a recruitment for extremists. It needs to be closed," the president said recently. Guantánamo Bay – “Gitmo,” as it’s called – in recent months has become even

Sebastian Walker

Al Jazeera English — Correspondent, Fault Lines
Bio: Correspondent for Al Jazeera's US news documentary show @AJFaultLines, formerly based in Haiti & Iraq. All views mine, not Al Jazeera's. RTs ≠ endorsements
Location: Americas
Beats: Politics, World
RT @AJEnglish: Gitmo officer defends force-feeding: "This is..a tough mission and this is kind of an ugly place sometimes, alright?" http:/…

Noah Shachtman

Wired — Danger Room Editor
Bio: WIRED's national security dork and the Brookings Institution's Brooklyn bureau chief.
Location: The Interwebs
Beat: Technology
US Southern Command wants a $200M upgrade for Gitmo. t.co/m8L0s0ICO5 suuuuure it's closing soon.
Gitmo needs $200 million in upgrades; Guardsmen called up in Oklahoma; an ICBM test planned for today; Hagel meets with a Russian; What North Korea could do to the U.S.; Baron, out; and a bit more.
The Pentagon is considering a request from U.S. Southern Command to spend about $200 million renovating some of the buildings at Gitmo. President Barack Obama is expected to make a major speech

Blake Hounshell

Managing Editor, Foreign Policy Magazine
Bio: Managing editor of Foreign Policy magazine. Aspiring thinkfluencer. Opinions my own. RT ≠ endorsement. Buy my book! http://amzn.to/u6uNL6
Location: Washington
Beat: World
RT @dangerroom: US Southern Command wants a $200M upgrade for Gitmo. t.co/m8L0s0ICO5 suuuuure it's closing soon.
Gitmo needs $200 million in upgrades; Guardsmen called up in Oklahoma; an ICBM test planned for today; Hagel meets with a Russian; What North Korea could do to the U.S.; Baron, out; and a bit more.
The Pentagon is considering a request from U.S. Southern Command to spend about $200 million renovating some of the buildings at Gitmo. President Barack Obama is expected to make a major speech
RT @abumuqawama: "If the President of the ****ing United States asks you to hold a ****ing umbrella, you hold a ****ing umbrella." http://t…
Hagel's front office gets a new Hand; Shineski, under fire; Obama to talk drone, Gitmo policy; MCT: Amos being investigated; Terminal Lance: "Shut up!" and a bit more.
last year for conditions connected to what it calls ‘military sexual trauma.'" Read the whole story here. Obama to talk drone and Gitmo policy this week at National Defense University. In his attempt to

Amanda Zamora

ProPublica — Senior Engagement Editor
Bio: senior engagement editor @ProPublica. Also a foodie, wanderer and big fan of the parenthetical. email me amanda @ http://propublica.org
Location: New York, NY
Beat: U.S.
RT @carolrosenberg: Wonk talk: Here's transcript of Friday #GitmoChat -- plus #ProPublica's four key takeaways, t.co/sb0LzZKXGW. #gr
Discussion: What’s Going on at Gitmo?
Miami Herald (@carolrosenberg), Ryan J. Reilly of the Huffington Post (@ryanjreilly), and Charlie Savage of the New York Times (@charlie_savage) to discuss what’s going on at Gitmo. You can weigh in by

Alex Hannaford

Freelance Journalist
Bio: Journalist scribbling for @BritishGQ, @thesundaytimes @Telegraph @guardian & @TexasObserver. Columbia Uni @DartCenter Fellow. Big Naijaphile.
Location: Austin, Texas
Gitmo military commissions an 'unmitigated disaster' - @hrw t.co/x6OwzBs9Q4

Mehdi Hasan

Huffington Post — Political Director, UK
Bio: Huffington Post UK's political director, co-biographer of Ed Miliband & presenter on Al Jazeera. Views are my own, retweets aren't endorsements, etc, etc.
Location: London
RT @CliveSSmith: Next Thurs: Obama security speech, what will he say about Guantanamo & Drones? t.co/AAjYVA6BQa
Obama to detail terrorism policy including drone attacks and Guantánamo Bay prison
allies on counter-terrorism efforts. It is a recruitment for extremists. It needs to be closed," the president said recently. Guantánamo Bay – “Gitmo,” as it’s called – in recent months has become even

Mike Rosenwald

Washington Post — Staff Writer
Bio: Staff Writer: WashPost. Freelancer: Esquire, Businessweek, New Yorker, Oxford American, Smithsonian, Discovery. Editor of Gay Talese sportswriting anthology.
Beat: Metro D.C.
Great tumblr—pics of bookshelves at gitmo RT @charlie_savage: Added some more Gitmo books to t.co/iTxPJ77dk8

Kevin Baron

National Security Reporter, Foreign Policy
Bio: Dad. National security staff writer of @ForeignPolicy's The E-Ring. @FPNatSec channel. Vice Pres., Pentagon Press Assn (PPA).
Location: Washington, DC
Proof of torture at GTMO: DVD's of the movie "New Year's Eve" // RT @charlie_savage Added some more Gitmo books to t.co/Od4zOVZnvl

Jason Leopold

Freelance Journalist
Bio: Muckraker. FOIA Terrorist.
Location: Beverly Hills, California
Beats: Politics, U.S.
RT @beastsdc: The pics of #Gitmo from @JasonLeopold are fucking chilling in their sterility, given the context. The force-feeding room in p…
Carney responding to q's abt Obama's Thurs speech, specifically #GTMO/drones: not going to get on the specifics" t.co/9Z8GaywJkY
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future of our efforts against al Qaeda, its affiliates and its adherents. I’m not going to get on the specifics of what he will say about Gitmo. I’m not going to get ahead of the President except to say
WH Spox Jay Carney responding to q's abt Obama's Thurs speech, specifically #GTMO/drones: t.co/9Z8GaywJkY
When you talk too much for Twitter
future of our efforts against al Qaeda, its affiliates and its adherents. I’m not going to get on the specifics of what he will say about Gitmo. I’m not going to get ahead of the President except to say

Tina Brown

Newsweek Global, Daily Beast — Editor in Chief
Bio: Tina Brown, editor-in-chief of The Daily Beast and Newsweek.
Location: New York, NY
Beats: Politics, World, U.S.
RT @EliLake: Read @dklaidman who got the scoop first on Obama's big speech this week on the war on terror and the rule of law t.co/B
How Gitmo Imprisoned Obama
were nothing short of shocking. It had been a long time since his efforts to close Gitmo had collapsed—done in by congressional obstruction, by political realities, and even, to an extent, by Obama
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