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To: gitmo

My best guess is the order was vague enough to allow Gitmo to remain open for an undetermined amount of time, just that they would start the process. Rush was so right, though.


2 posted on 05/08/2011 1:57:32 PM PDT by NailInACoffin
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To: NailInACoffin
The verbiage is that it is to take place immediately:

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, in order to effect the appropriate disposition of individuals currently detained by the Department of Defense at the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base (Guantánamo) and promptly to close detention facilities at Guantánamo, consistent with the national security and foreign policy interests of the United States and the interests of justice, I hereby order as follows: ...

I would expect the government to begin closure immediately if a serious President released anything remotely like this.

4 posted on 05/08/2011 2:02:37 PM PDT by gitmo (Hatred of those who think differently is the left's unifying principle.-Ralph Peters NY Post)
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To: NailInACoffin

my best guess is bambi is so weak and ineffectual that he truly thinks he can “lead from behind”, thus guaranteeing failure, leaving HRC,powers, rice and dusty harry as the true frightening brain trust.


7 posted on 05/08/2011 2:05:22 PM PDT by waynesa98
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