White House near picking site for Guantanamo detainees

[steven johnson]

Source: Reuters

Sun Sep 27, 2009 12:36am EDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration is close to selecting a location on U.S. soil to house some detainees from the controversial American military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, an administration official said on Saturday.

President Barack Obama has pledged to close the facility, which has been the target of international condemnation, by January 2010 but has faced legal, political and diplomatic difficulties that could make it hard to meet that deadline.

Administration officials declined to identify the final options for housing the detainees in the United States, but the second administration official said two possibilities were likely out: a maximum-security prison in Standish, Michigan, set to close, and Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

Other options could be the super-maximum security prison in Colorado, known as SuperMax, U.S. military brigs and other locations, the official said, declining to name them because of the firestorm that could ensue.


Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE58Q02C20090927

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There are still 223 detainees at the Guantanamo. It has stood as a symbol for unjust and tortured imprisonment of the Bush Administration.

[masuki bance]

1. Can't we just send them to Bagram? nt

[Solly Mack]

2. K&R