Ten weeks after the publication of that statement in The New York Times, Obama, it was reported by Dafna Linzer at ProPublica that
The White House is preparing an Executive Order on indefinite detention that will provide periodic reviews of evidence against dozens of prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay, according to several administration officials... the order establishes indefinite detention as a long-term Obama administration policy and makes clear that the White House alone will manage a review process for those it chooses to hold without charge or trial.
This executive order, may be released on or near January 11, putting a close to any faint illusions -- or delusions - on the part of those who says that Obama is "really trying" to close the illegal prison.
In another recent piece With Indefinite Detention and Transfer Bans, Obama and the Senate Plumb New Depths on Guantà ¡namo Worthington says:
President Obama is now fulfilling one of Dick Cheney's great hopes, presiding over a prison in which the overwhelming majority of the remaining 174 prisoners will, in all likelihood, continue to be held indefinitely.
Over at The Talking Dog, dog says:
Every day, in every way, the people of the Obama Administration just want you to know that if there is any material difference between it and the Bush Administration... they must not be doing their jobs right.
Just so we are clear: the continuation of the global "war on terror" continues, now fully endorsed by the administration and the Congress. As always, it's up to us to make our demands visible. Join me in Washington DC on Tuesday, January 11, 2011.
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