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Guantanamo Bay Military Trials to Resume: What Do the Pundits Think?

By Steven HofferMar 8th 2011 – 10:09AM

It was a top priority in his 2008 presidential campaign, but it appears that Barack Obama won't be closing Gitmo anytime soon. The White House announced on Monday that military trials will resume at the infamous Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba, where a new executive order signed by the president now creates a system in...

Opinion: Obama's Gitmo Flip Flop is a Win-Win

By J.D. GordonMar 8th 2011 – 7:54AM

Though no one would have guessed it during his inauguration week over two years ago -- when President Barack Obama boldly ordered the closure of Guantanamo's detention facilities and the immediate suspension of military commissions -- he has just reversed course and lifted the ban on military trials for detainees. And as...

What Now for Prisoners at Guantanamo Bay?

Dec 24th 2010 – 7:52PM
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When Congress passed the latest defense appropriations bill Wednesday, it also may have ended any chance that there will be a federal criminal trial soon for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. Thirteen months after U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced that the key 9/11 planner would be tried for terrorism, murder and...

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