Comments on: Obama Drops Plan For New “Indefinite Detention” Policy At Guantánamo

By: Serious Problems With Obama’s Plan To Move Guantánamo To Illinois by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad

Sat, 11 Jun 2011 23:39:06 +0000

[...] proud of its plans to hold some prisoners indefinitely without charge or trial, which has been mentioned with alarming regularity since that speech at the National Archives in May, senior officials have generally been reluctant [...]

By: Judge Confirms That an Innocent Man Was Tortured to Make False Confessions | themcglynn.com/theliberal.net

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:55:09 +0000

[...] of false allegations followed by torture and false confessions may be detected, it troubles me that the 50 or so prisoners identified by officials last week as being candidates for indefinite detention — described by the New [...]

By: 116 Guantánamo Prisoners Cleared For Release; 171 Still In Limbo « freedetainees.org

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:00:13 +0000

[...] because existing legislation already allowed the administration to hold prisoners indefinitely. As I explained at the time: In dropping plans for new legislation … the administration has realized that it can continue to [...]

By: Obama wins 2009 Nobel Peace Prize + OK, He’s A Nice Guy, But … by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:37:43 +0000

[...] and also that it “became a symbol that helped al-Qaeda recruit terrorists to its cause,” endorses indefinite detention without charge or trial for some of the 221 prisoners still held in the [...]

By: Andy Worthington Discusses Guantánamo And Bagram On Antiwar Radio « Dandelion Salad

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:54:01 +0000

[...] In our tenth outing, Scott and I ran though some recent history: the administration’s decision not to push for new legislation authorizing the indefinite detention of prisoners in Guantánamo (and why it’s only a slight [...]