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HELD
AT BAY
peatedly prevented Obama from
using federal money to transfer
any detainees out of Guantanamo,
shares some of the blame for the
camp’s continued existence. Reid,
who recently claimed it was “nobody’s fault” that Guantanamo had
not been closed, is “part of the absolute failure,” Worthington said.
Reid did not respond to a request for comment.
At Guantanamo, some members
of the military are quick to point
out that the Pentagon didn’t seek
out the duty of trying terrorists in
the tribunal system, but that it was
rather a burden imposed on the
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THE VAGUE IDEA OF INDEFINITE
DETENTION IS LOOKING MORE
SPECIFICALLY LIKE LIFE IN PRISON.
military by Congress. “They should
really call them congressional commissions instead of military commissions,” one officer joked.
But ultimately, Worthington said,
Obama will have his name attached
to the camp, just as Bush’s was.
“He will go down in history fairly
clearly as the man who failed to
close this abomination,” Worthington said. “They will judge that
President Oba ma failed to close
it pretty much because he ran up
Hooded
demonstrators take part
in a rally in
front of the
U.S. Supreme
Court, rallying
for the
closing of
Guantanamo
Bay detention
center on
Jan. 11,
2012.