Barack Obama to hold 50 Guantánamo detainees without trial

Telegraph.uk.co ^ | 22 Jan 2010 | Alex Spillius

[ColdOne]

As the anniversary of the deadline set by President Barack Obama to close the controversial prison passed, a task force led by the US justice department reached a decision that infuriated civil liberties groups and will bring accusations that the president is aping George W Bush's war on terror policies.

The administration believes their continued detention - justified because they are too dangerous to be released though the evidence against them is too weak to secure a conviction - is legal because Congress authorised the use of force against the Taliban and al-Qaeda.

[ColdOne]

decision meant that those detainees would be held until the conflict had subsided to the point where releasing them would no longer pose a threat. I have an idea. Kill them...IMO then there is no threat! I'm just sayin'!

[ColdOne]

[matt1234]

Uh oh. Did someone just accuse 0bama of “aping” someone? I see a backlash coming for such racially insensitive language.

[JohnLongIsland]

It’s Bush’s fault and we need a Guatanamo detainee tax.

[NoRedTape]

Obama has no clue what he is doing. ALL terror-related issues should all be in a Military Tribunal Nowhere near NYC.

This so-called "administration" is a laughing stock. I betcha all Michelle's 20 servants want the terrorists tried at Gitmo.

[Rodebrecht]

Are they all white, Christian males?

[Ready4Freddy]

Heheheheh

[Cobra64]