Monday, August 3, 2009

Defense Attorneys Proving Key To Guantanamo Resettlement


From McClatchy News:

WASHINGTON — On May 20, the premier of Bermuda was paying his respects at the White House when he offered a lifeline to the Obama administration's struggle to find countries for some of Guantánamo's most stigmatized detainees.

"I wonder if Bermuda can help,'' Premier Ewart Brown offered.

Three weeks later, four former prisoners were smiling, posing for photographers at a Bermuda beach -- a freeze-frame moment capping rare collaboration between a U.S. ally, attorneys and an American administration determined to close the Pentagon's prison camps in Cuba by Jan. 22.

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My Comment: It appears that the Obama administration wants to get rid of most of the detainees to other countries. But with most countries showing a reluctance to accept them .... this is going to end up as an American problem when it is all over.

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