Obama administration readies indefinite detention order for Guantanamo detainees

Washington Post by Peter Finn, Anne E. Kornblut | Dec. 22, 2010 (News Report)

The Obama administration is preparing an executive order that would formalize indefinite detention without trial for some detainees at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, but allow those detainees and their lawyers to challenge the basis for continued incarceration, U.S. officials said. Full Story »

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Subjects: World, U.S., Politics
Topics: Terrorism, Cuba, U.S. Military, Law, Obama Administration
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Posted by: Posted by Barry Grossheim - Dec 21, 2010 - 3:50 PM PST
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 by Barry Grossheim - Dec. 22, 2010

Guantanamo Bay has proved to be a thorny problem for the Obama administration. This decision is sure to further anger the left.

“Indefinite detention without charge or trial is wrong, whether it comes from Congress or the president’s pen,” said Laura W. Murphy, director of the ... More »

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