May 3, 2009

NO ONE SENSIBLE TOOK HIM SERIOUSLY:

Officials: Gitmo court system likely to stay open LARA JAKES, 5/03/09, Associated Press)

The Obama administration may revamp and restart the Bush-era military trial system for suspected terrorists as it struggles to determine the fate of detainees held at Guantanamo Bay and fulfill a pledge to close the prison by January.

The move would further delay terrorism trials and, coupled with recent comments by U.S. military and legal officials, amounts to a public admission by President Barack Obama's team that delivering on that promise is easier said than done.

Posted by Orrin Judd at May 3, 2009 11:38 AM
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