Posted on 09/28/2009 11:36:53 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
MIAMI (Reuters) - An Obama administration task force has so far cleared 75 of the remaining 223 Guantanamo prisoners for release as part of its effort to close the detention camp, a military spokesman said on Monday.
The review team is examining each prisoner's case to decide who will be held for trial and who can be sent home or resettled in other nations.
President Barack Obama had set a January 22 deadline to shut the detention camp although Defense Secretary Robert Gates told ABC News in an interview broadcast on Sunday that "it's going to be tough" to meet the deadline.
As the review team makes its decisions, military officials at Guantanamo post an updated list in the camps to let the prisoners know how many from each nation have been judged free to go.
"It was an opportunity to just provide better communication," said Navy Lieutenant Commander Brook DeWalt, a spokesman for the Guantanamo detention operation. "There's a lot of information out there and you get a lot of things from a lot of different angles. It helps put it in a more succinct context for them."
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....this reminds me of “America’s Most Wanted”....you know the kind of episode where the thug is in jail, is allowed to get out on bail...skips and comes back to commit an even worse new crime.
There go 75 jihadists who will immediately go to the battlefields of Afghanistan and Iraq to try to kill our soldiers.
Ping.
While he figures out with his advisors what to do next!
I'm waiting for SOMEONE in our "for the people" government to actually LIVE UP to his oath of office.
Anyone?
ANYONE???
He has to get ready to give the base back to cuba!
He is just following up on a campaign promise to Castro.
And they’re coming to a neighborhood near you as part of obama’s new Civilian Defense Force!
catch and release..
great idea for fishing
not for fighting terrorists
Just in time to get their books published for sale at Christmas.
Which ones will Obammy use to push the 2012 Olympics in Chicago...or else?
That doesn’t sound good.
If one American is killed as a result of this action, then Congress needs to undertake the impeachment process as he has failed in his sworn constitutional duty to defend the citizens of this country.
It will be cut and dried.
That's exactly right. Take no prisoners. The moral of the story: Shoot and ask questions later.
Obama team clears 75 at Guantanamo for release......and will fill the GOP seats in the Senate and Congress. Please stand by as further developments occur.
Wow. Lucky us.
Give him a break, he’s doing more important things than safeguarding our Nation. He’s trying to get the Olympics in Chicago so terrorists can have an additional target here.
...while making America less safe.
This guy is an idiot!
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