Thursday, January 21, 2010

I Thought The Prison At Guantanamo Bay Was Supposed To Be Closed Today?


Guantanamo Still Open As Obama's Deadline Passes; No New Deadline In Sight -- Canadian Press

WASHINGTON — As President Barack Obama neared his self-imposed deadline to close the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba prison, the Justice Department offices of the Guantanamo task force were bustling - not with lawyers but construction workers tearing apart the walls, ripping out any trace of its secretive work, though Obama's goal is still far off.

The task force lawyers and staffers from other agencies were gone, having completed recommendations for nearly all of the 198 remaining detainees awaiting transfer, trial or further detention.

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More News On The Prison At Guantanamo Bay

PROMISES, PROMISES: Gitmo closing deadline missed -- Washington Post
Robert Gibbs: We Don't Know When Gitmo Will Be Closed -- Huffington Post
One Year Ago Tomorrow, President Obama Promised That GITMO Would Be Closed -- James Joyce, Huffington Post
Disapproval of closing Guantanamo facility reaches new high -- Washington Post
The Mysterious Deaths of 3 Guantánamo Prisoners—Update -- AllGov.
Ex-Guantanamo detainee: "I am sure it will be closed this year" -- Global Post
What's It Gonna Take for America to Shut Down Guantanamo? -- Kevin Gosztola, OpEdNews
Closing Gitmo: One Year Later -- Wall Street Journal
Should Guantanamo Bay Be Closed? -- Council On Foreign Relations (Interview)

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