Obama signs order to close Guantanamo in a year

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  1. NewsBot

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    WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama began overhauling U.S. treatment of terror suspects Thursday, signing orders to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center, shut down secret overseas CIA prisons, review military war crimes trials and ban the harshest interrogation methods....

    By BEN FELLER

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  2. ImWithStupid

    ImWithStupid New Member

    Can't wait to hear where the detainees will be going...

    Report: Ex-Gitmo detainee now al-Qaeda's No. 2 in Yemen - USATODAY.com

    Best part is after being released to Saudi Arabia and going through and passing their program to rehabilitate Jihadists, he not only went to Yemen and became the #2 in command there, he helped plan the elaborate attack and bombing of the US Embassy in Yemen back in September.

    Wouldn't it be better to have a plan on how to close Gitmo and what to do with the detainees before signing an order stating it will be closed in a year?

    Maybe we can put them in American prisons so they can run Al Quiada factions and recruit members from inside our own country, like the current prison gangs do.
     

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