The outside of the "Camp Six" detention facility at the US Naval Station in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in 2008. Barack Obama plans to order the Guantanamo Bay "war on terror" detention camp closed on his first full day in office. (AFP/Pool/File/Mandel Ngan)From AP:
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – President-elect Barack Obama's planned review of Guantanamo Bay prisoners, a prelude to closing the detention center, must weigh the threats posed by an extraordinarily diverse group, from die-hard jihadists to innocent men swept up in war.
Two presidential transition team advisers said Monday that Obama is preparing to issue an executive order in his first day or week in office setting in motion the extensive survey needed to close the U.S. military prison in Cuba.
His team faces a daunting task.
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My Comment: This article leaves out the sore point that a number of detainees who were released over the past few years did return to kill Americans and their allies in Afghanistan or Iraq.
Let's face it .... many of these inmates are very dangerous men, who would plot to kill again. The problem is how to convict and punish them. The evidence for a proper trial is not there .... and if it is there it is probably top secret. Regular rules do not apply. The U.S. constitution and its protection .... if applied to these murderers .... would guarantee their release because their accusers are either dead, would be too scared to put their face forward .... or are classified as top secret.
Obama the lawyer is approaching this as a judicial exercise that must accommodate U.S. law .... I am looking forward to what the good law professor turned President can put together.
I am sure that no one is going to be pleased with the result.
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