Comments on: Return To The Law: Obama Orders Guantánamo Closure, Torture Ban and Review of US “Enemy Combatant” Case

By: Refuting Cheney’s Lies | Lew Rockwell

Refuting Cheney’s Lies | Lew Rockwell — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 02:52:24 +0000

[...] justice, and they will, I hope, act as an encouragement to those in the new administration who are preparing to review the cases, to see who can be released and who should still be held, to scrutinize the evidence — such [...]

By: A Glimmer Of Hope Amidst The Hypocrisy - OpEd

A Glimmer Of Hope Amidst The Hypocrisy - OpEd — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 04:15:13 +0000

[...] problem, of course, is that, although Obama issued an executive order on his second day in office, upholding the absolute prohibition on the use of torture, he also [...]

By: Will Guantánamo Prisoners Be Released In Georgia? by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad

Sun, 12 Jun 2011 00:30:32 +0000

[...] — remain disturbing, and suggest that, even with just two months remaining until Obama’s deadline for closing Guantánamo, the administration is still not doing all in its power to send out a coherent message about [...]

By: The Black Hole of Guantanamo | STATESMAN SENTINEL

The Black Hole of Guantanamo | STATESMAN SENTINEL — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 21:41:16 +0000

[...] of the Bush administration’s policies. It muddied the waters, therefore, when President Obama established an interagency Task Force to review all the prisoners’ cases, and to come up with its own conclusions about who should [...]

By: New Revelations About Secret US Torture Prisons In Afghanistan – OpEd « Eurasia Review

Sun, 10 Apr 2011 10:49:55 +0000

[...] was established under the Bush administration. Obama ordered the “black sites” to be closed in an executive order issued on his second day in office (along with another promising the closure of Guantánamo, which has been spectacularly [...]

By: Violence continues, so does the spinning (C.I.) | thecommonillsbackup

Violence continues, so does the spinning (C.I.) | thecommonillsbackup — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 06:40:40 +0000

[...] at Guantánamo it is January — from the dashed hopes of January 2009, when President Obama swept into office issuing an executive order in which he promised to close the prison within a year, to January 2010, [...]

By: The Political Prisoners of Guantánamo « Eurasia Review

The Political Prisoners of Guantánamo « Eurasia Review — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 14:26:47 +0000

[...] tenth year of operations, and as it begins to be forgotten that President Obama swept into office issuing an executive order promising to close the prison within a year, but failed spectacularly to do so, the bleak truth is [...]

By: Biden in Iraq means what? | thecommonillsbackup

Biden in Iraq means what? | thecommonillsbackup — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 13:10:21 +0000

[...] of operations, and as it begins to be forgotten that President Obama swept into office issuing an executive order promising to close the prison within a year, but failed spectacularly to do so, the bleak truth is [...]

By: Nine Years Later: The Political Prisoners of Guantanamo

Nine Years Later: The Political Prisoners of Guantanamo — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 11:05:43 +0000

By: Happy Secular Thanksgiving with a Side of Fakeness – Fake Taliban Fake Leader, Fake Elections, Fake Deadline = Real Trouble & More Tastey Treats « Coreys Views

Thu, 25 Nov 2010 20:23:57 +0000

[...] eight years of the Bush administration. In this first America, President Obama swept into office issuing executive orders promising to close Guantánamo and to uphold the absolute ban on torture, and also suspended the [...]