White House reviewing Pentagon plan to close Guantanamo prison

[ucrdem]

Source: Reuters

Fri Jan 15, 2016 3:54pm EST

The White House has received an updated proposal from the Pentagon to close the Guantanamo prison for foreign terrorism suspects, and is in the "final stages" of reviewing it before releasing it to Congress, an administration official said on Friday.

The administration has been trying for years to make good on a pledge Obama made at the beginning of his presidency in 2009 to close down the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, but has faced stiff political opposition.

Its latest plan, which includes a recommendation that prisoners who cannot be prosecuted or transferred to other countries be sent to a U.S.-based prison, has been delayed for several months.

Obama told the Pentagon to reduce the cost in its latest draft, which is now at the White House. "The president's national security team is in the final stages of reviewing the proposal recently submitted by the Pentagon," said the senior administration official.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-guantanamo-whitehouse-idUSKCN0UT23Q

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This must be what he was referring to in his State of the Union speech. My guess is that he'll make it official just before leaving office.

[HassleCat]

1. Reducing the cost

How much do we pay to keep them in Cuba? Almost anything else would be cheaper.

[Festivito]

2. The (Unjustly) imprisoned who "CANNOT BE PROSECUTED" to be (further unjustly) imprisoned in the U.S.

Me thinks the pentagon has some psychopaths writing policy, and some buffoons who let them write policy.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

3. And why can't they be prosecuted..... NO EVIDENCE!

[Eric J in MN]

4. The problem with Gitmo is indefinite detention.

Moving indefinite detention into the US isn't the answer.