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a hotbed of terrorism. No country is willing to accept the others.
And it’s a political nonstarter to
release them into the U.S.
In 2010, Obama’s Guantanamo
Task Force determined that another 46 were “too dangerous
to transfer but not feasible for
prosecution.” And so they remain
stuck here, in limbo.
Obama has periodically reiterated his intention to close the detention center, most recently during
an appearance on The Daily Show
with Jon Stewart in October. But
the public pressure on him to do
HUFFINGTON
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“I THINK FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN
AROUND HERE FOR A WHILE WOULD TELL
YOU NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED AT ALL.”
so has largely died down, as tales
of detainee abuse at the hands of
CIA interrogators fade into the
past and the media turns its attention to new fronts in the war on
terrorism, such as the administration’s drone program.
The truth is that nobody is really in a hurry to close Guantanamo. Defense attorneys, whose
ultimate goal is to keep their clients alive, certainly aren’t in a
U.S. Navy
Chief Petty
Officer
Bill Mesta
replaces
an official
picture of
outgoing
president
George W.
Bush.