The administration of President Barack Obama urged a federal judge on Friday not to order the release of a prisoner at Guantánamo Bay who has been on hunger strike for more than eight years and is described by his lawyers as being at risk of imminent death.

Justice Department lawyers argued against the immediate release of Yemeni prisoner Tariq Ba Odah in a sealed court filing delivered to a court in Washington just ahead of a deadline. ...

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