From Harper's Magazine:1. “Asymmetrical Warfare”
When President Barack Obama took office last year, he promised to “restore the standards of due process and the core constitutional values that have made this country great.” Toward that end, the president issued an executive order declaring that the extra-constitutional prison camp at Guantánamo “shall be closed as soon as practicable, and no later than one year from the date of this order.” Obama has failed to fulfill his promise. Some prisoners are being charged with crimes, others released, but the date for closing the camp seems to recede steadily into the future. Furthermore, new evidence now emerging may entangle Obama’s young administration with crimes that occurred during the Bush presidency, evidence that suggests the current administration failed to investigate seriously—and may even have continued—a cover-up of the possible homicides of three prisoners at Guantánamo in 2006.
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More News On The Harper's Magazine Story On 3 Guantanamo Prison Deaths
Questions over deaths of 3 Guantanamo detainees raised by magazine article -- Canadian Press
Magazine raises questions over 3 detainee deaths -- CBS News
These Were Not Suicides At Guantanamo -- Attackerman
My Comment: With discussions on the closing of the Guantanamo Bay Prison petering out .... Harper's Magazine comes out with this story. I expect the same platitudes on why Guantanamo should be closed coming out in the next few days, and why the Obama administration should respect their original campaign promise and commitment to close it.
In the end, I expect the White House to change their Guantanamo policy to not close Guantanamo in the time frame that they had originally proposed. The Obama administration has learned that they must be careful in handling this issue, and they will now proceed at their own speed and due diligence .... which is something that they should have done in the first place.
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