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washingtonmonthly.com - 1/13/2009
Closing Guantanamo: Part 1
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Closing Guantanamo: Part 1 As Steve mentioned earlier, the AP reports that Obama will order Guantanamo closed shortly after taking office. This is wonderful news. However, as Steve also noted, this doesn't mean that Guantanamo will be closed immediately. A...
washingtonpost.com - 1/14/2009
Guantanamo Bay News & Articles on washingtonpost.com
— washingtonpost.com — Guantanamo Bay Articles Pentagon: More Former Guantanamo Detainees Returning to Battlefield (Voice of America) 1/14/2009 5:58:00 AM... 9/11 suspect 'was tortured', Pentagon official admits (London Times) 1/14/2009 3:27:29 AM Pentagon: Freed terror ... (more) Guantanamo Bay News & Articles on washingtonpost.com
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obsidianwings.blogs.com - 1/13/2009
Closing Guantanamo: Part 2
— obsidianwings.blogs.com — by hilzoyFrom the AP story on closing Guantanamo:"What remains the thorniest issue for Obama, the advisers said,... is what to do with the rest of the prisoners — including at least 15 so-called "high value detainees" considered among the most... (more) Closing Guantanamo: Part 2
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obsidianwings.blogs.com - 1/13/2009
Closing Guantanamo: Part 1
— obsidianwings.blogs.com — by hilzoy From the AP : "President-elect Barack Obama is preparing to issue an executive order his... first week in office — and perhaps his first day — to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay , according to two presidential ... (more) Closing Guantanamo: Part 1

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Obama to Move Swiftly to Close Gitmo
Shakesville — ... All good, though I agree with Hilzoy that, while closing Gitmo is an important symbolic gesture, the more pressing substantive issue is ceasing the practice of indefinite detention sans charges: "We need to detain people only if they belong to some recognized legal category of, well, people who can be detained: prisoners of (non-metaphorical) war, people who have been indicted on concrete charges, people who have been convicted, etc. Anyone currently under detention who does not fit one of those categories should either be fit into one (e.g., by being charged with a crime) or ...

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