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Close Gitmo? Harder than you think
hotair.com - 11/25/2008
Close Gitmo? Harder than you think
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huffingtonpost.com - 11/19/2008
Obama Advisers: Torture Prosecutions Not Likely
— huffingtonpost.com — WASHINGTON — Barack Obama's incoming administration is unlikely to bring criminal charges against government officials who authorized... or engaged in harsh interrogations of suspected terrorists during the George W. Bush presidency. Obama, who ... (more) Obama Advisers: Torture Prosecutions Not Likely

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Will Obama really close Gitmo?
examiner.com - 11/20/2008
Will Obama really close Gitmo?
— examiner.com — Fate of Guantanamo detainees still not clear (more) Will Obama really close Gitmo?

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atlargely.com - 11/23/2008
A Gitmo Commission?
— atlargely.com — According to the HuffPo and Newsweek today, Obama is considering a middle course between straight-out investigating the... need for prosecutions for war crimes and just letting the Bush administration's torturers skate.  ... (more) A Gitmo Commission?

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Stop The ACLU:  Closing Gitmo May Be Harder Than Obama Thinks

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Closing Gitmo May Be Harder Than Obama Thinks
Stop The ACLU — ... To read them their rights and provide them lawyers would have been to throw away their intelligence value. It would have allowed them to carry to the grave many details of still active terrorist plots. The Bush administration chose a different route-harsh interrogations designed to ferret out al Qaeda’s current operations before it was too late to stop them or capture those involved. Really nice of the media to leave such vital information out of its anti-Bush campaigns until now. Ed Morrissey: The trial of the WTC I plotters after the 1993 terrorist attack did not prevent WTC ...

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