IamPamela313
President Obama promised to close the Guantanamo prison by the end of his first year in office, but that deadline passed with no action as the administration confronted the hard reality of finding countries willing to accept custody of the inmates
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Headless Man
IamPamela313
Attorney General Eric Holder will formally announce the decision at 2 p.m. ET on Monday, U.S. officials said, an embarrassing reversal of the administration's decision in November 2009 to try Mohammed in a court near the site of the World Trade Center attack that killed nearly 3,000 people.
The decision was an admission that Obama has not been able to overcome political opposition to his efforts to close the prison for terrorism suspects and enemy combatants at Guantanamo Bay and try those accused of crimes in U.S. civilian courts.
A U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said on Monday the Obama administration had no choice but to pursue military commission trials after Congress in December adopted restrictions on prosecuting Guantanamo prisoners in civilian courts.
| 13 years ago. Rating: 2 | |
leeroy
Funny, I remember Obama talking about closing the base at Guantanamo? Must have been before he was privy to all the information?
| 13 years ago. Rating: 2 | |
<a href="/users/1635/leeroy/">@leeroy</a> - I guess it would be safe to say...Obama has become privy to classified daily intelligence briefings!!!
TSC
Well well well. Looks like Mr Hope and Change is sticking with ANOTHER one of GWB's great ideas.
| 13 years ago. Rating: 1 | |
<a href="/users/1959/tsc/">@TSC</a> - George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld covered up that hundreds of innocent men were sent to the Guantánamo Bay prison camp because they feared that releasing them would harm the push for war in Iraq and the broader War on Terror.
matheneyg
anonymous_sender
<a href="/users/1111/randy-palmer/">@Randy Palmer</a> - TU!!!