Greetings from Guantanamo Bay
thetalkingdog.com 2/14/2009 — Recent TD interview subject Almerindo Ojeda of the Guantanamo Testimonials Project hits it out of the park with his own interview of former GTMO prison guard Army Specialist Brandon Neely....

CNN Poll: Americans split on closing Guantanamo Bay prison
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com 1/22/2009 — A detainee is seen through a fence in July at the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. WASHINGTON (CNN) – A new national poll suggests Americans are split over whether the U.S. should close the detention facility in Guantanamo Bay. But ...

Voices from Guantanamo Bay
airamerica.com 2/6/2009 — Voices from Guantanamo Bay Actors and Poets Group, a New York-based nonprofit theater company, will present live excerpts from their current production: Voices From Guantánamo, a theatrical adaptation of poetry written by detainees held at the U.S. detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.  ...

Draft order calls for closing Guantanamo Bay (AP)
news.yahoo.com 1/21/2009 — AP - The new Obama administration circulated a draft executive order Wednesday that calls for closing the controversial detention center at Guantanamo Bay within a year and halting any war crimes trials in the meantime.

Obama issues executive order to close Guantanamo Bay prison
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com 1/22/2009 — President Obama has ordered the eventual closure of the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay. (Getty Images/File)WASHINGTON (CNN) – President Barack Obama issued four executive orders Thursday to demonstrate a clean break from the Bush ...

No Guantanamo Bay Prisoners Files
poligazette.com 1/25/2009 — The Washington Post reports that the Barack Obama administration has run into a major problem: there are no comprehensive files about Guantanamo Bay prisoners. Team Obama searched for these files in order to assess the danger posed by every ...

Closing Gitmo
motherjones.com 12/19/2008 — CLOSING GITMO.... This is more a contingency plan than a firm commitment, but it's still good to hear that Gitmo may be on its way to the dustbin of history: The Defense Department is drawing up plans to close the Guantanamo Bay military prison in ...

Americans Send No Clear Mandate on Guantanamo Bay
gallup.com 1/22/2009 — WASHINGTON, D.C. -- With President Barack Obama already taking action relating to the U.S. prison Guantanamo Bay on his first full day in office, Americans are sending no clear mandate on the issue. Slightly more think the United States should not ...

Closing Guantanamo?
windsofchange.net 12/14/2008 — Wall Street Journal: "Jack Goldsmith, a Harvard law professor who served as assistant attorney general in the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel, hopes we might finally be getting a real debate. Though he has criticized some of the legal ...

White House Press Secretary: Closing Guantanamo Will Increase U.S. Security - First 100 Days of Presidency - Politics FOXNews.com
foxnews.com 1/24/2009 — The closing of Guantanamo Bay detention center and using the Army Field Manual as the basis for all interrogation is aimed at protecting Americans, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said Thursday. In his first press conference since President ...

Obama: Closing Gitmo 'a challenge' (Politico) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 1/11/2009
Politico - Barack Obama suggested he's not likely to actively pursue criminal charges against national security officials who were directly involved in unlawful interrogations or wire-tapping, and said it would be difficult to quickly close down ...

Obama to decide soon on bailout funds, Kerry says — Reuters: Politics 1/11/2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama is expected to make a decision soon on whether to seek additional funds from the $700 billion financial rescue program, a Democratic senator said on Sunday.

Obama administration job-seekers face tough odds — CNN.com - Politics 1/11/2009
When George W. Bush became president eight years ago, about 90,000 people applied for jobs in his administration. That's about a quarter, however, of the people who are looking for a way into President-elect Barack Obama's administration.  ...

Obama weighs decision about bailout funds — Reuters: Politics 1/11/2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama vowed to restructure a financial rescue plan to save more U.S. families from home foreclosures, as he considered on Sunday whether to seek additional funds from a $700 billion bailout program.  ...

Obama, Top Aides Lobby for Rest of Bailout Funds — Wash Post Obama Administration 1/12/2009
President-elect Barack Obama and his team stepped up efforts yesterday to get Congress to approve spending the remaining $350 billion of the controversial $700 billion financial rescue package that was passed last year.