(Reuters: Brennan Liynsle)
FOIA Suit Reveals Guantánamo’s ‘Indefinite Detainees’ -- Miami Herald
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba -- The Obama administration Monday lifted a veil of secrecy surrounding the status of the detainees at Guantánamo, for the first time publicly naming the four dozen captives it defined as indefinite detainees — men too dangerous to transfer but who cannot be tried in a court of law.
The names had been a closely held secret since a multi-agency task force sifted through the files of the Guantánamo detainees in 2009 trying to achieve President Barack Obama’s executive order to close the detention center. In January 2010, the task force revealed that it classified 48 Guantánamo captives as dangerous but ineligible for trial because of a lack of evidence, or because the evidence was too tainted.
They became so-called “indefinite detainees,” a form of war prisoner held under Congress’ 2001 “Authorization for Use of Military Force.”
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More News On Guantanamo's ‘Indefinite Detainees’
US names Guantanamo Bay prisoners designated for indefinite detention -- FOX News/AP
US government identifies men on Guantánamo 'indefinite detainee' list -- The Guardian
Justice Dept. Releases Recommended Fates for Guantánamo Detainees -- New York Times
Pentagon reveals Guantanamo 'indefinite detainees' list -- AFP
U.S. releases names of ‘indefinite detainees’ at Guantanamo -- CNN
US identifies Guantanamo indefinite detainees -- Al Jazeera
No trial, transfer or release: Gitmo's 'indefinite detainees' identified -- RT
My Comment: Only 4 dozen are to be treated as "indefinite detainees" .... I thought that the number was higher.
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