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"Guantanamo Closure Called Obama Priority."
Althouse — So reads the WaPo headline. Here's the text: The Obama administration will launch a review of the classified files of the approximately 250 detainees at Guantanamo Bay immediately after taking office, as part of an intensive effort to close the U.S. prison in Cuba, according to people who advised the campaign on detainee issues.So they'll launch a review... Announcing the closure of the controversial detention facility would be among the most potent signals the incoming administration could send of its sharp break with the ...

Now it can be told
neo-neocon — ... See also this, another “now it can be told” story. Turns out it may not be so easy for Barack to just say no to Guantanamo. ...

National Security Courts Are Unnecessary, Dangerous
ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society — ... As recent news reports demonstrate, the incoming presidential administration faces pressure to support the creation of specialized national security courts. These courts would oversee criminal prosecutions of terrorist suspects, review and supervise a system of preventive detention for terrorist suspects, or both. Yielding to that pressure would be a mistake. ...