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rush, and have adopted a strategy
of throwing up procedural objections that often slow the court’s
already glacial pace. Prosecutors,
anxious to avoid any possible
legal challenges that could come
up on appeal, are moving deliberately to make sure they’re dotting
every “i” and crossing every “t.”
Last month, the Obama administration shuttered the State Department office tasked with planning Guantanamo’s closure.
As a result, the vague idea of indefinite detention is looking more
specifically like life in prison, at
least for those detainees who are
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not sentenced to death by the military commissions. And with the
youngest detainee still in his 20s,
Guantanamo could conceivably remain open for decades to come.
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It’s no surprise, then, that as
Obama’s second term begins,
Guantanamo seems to be putting down roots. Indeed, parts of
the naval base have taken on the
appearance of a new beachside
housing development. Hundreds
of homes are currently under construction in neighborhoods with
names like Iguana Terrace and
Marina Point, to house the growing population of military personnel, civilian contractors and their
Democratic
Senate
Majority
Leader Harry
Reid opposed
transferring
the detainees
anywhere else.