[DouglasKC]

On the other hand, this really is Bush’s fault, since it happened in 2007. BHO was opposed to shutting down Gitmo and said so many times./s

But Obama was surely President elect...I'm betting that the President elect has a great amount of influence over a lame duck President..

[Eleutheria5]

In 2007? I don’t Obama had it in the bag that early.