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- cdhill, on 01/22/2009, -29/+364About time. Everything America stands for, like justice, law, and equality, could be evaded at Guantanamo, and unjustly so. We stand for more than what we've done there, and I think President Obama realizes that much more than our former president.
By the way, President Obama. I don't think I'll ever get sick of saying that. President Obama. - inactive, on 01/22/2009, -13/+251Ok... This is really BIG news. This should have happened a while back as long as the prisoners went to American Jails and prisons.
- astorygirl, on 01/22/2009, -15/+240This is important news. The fact that Obama didn't delay with this one makes me feel even more hopeful.
- killahwhale, on 01/22/2009, -29/+184good, hopefully this will help restore our image across the globe.
- inactive, on 01/22/2009, -7/+121Wow, gotta admit, goddamn he gets things done. Score one for the Constitution.
- xxxcarta, on 01/22/2009, -15/+118WOW thats fast!!. lets hope Obama is not doing it for throwing dust on our eyes. lets see long term.
- opticwind, on 01/22/2009, -5/+67It's better for a terrorist to go free than our country to lose the very cores of what make us better than him.
- Alheithinn, on 01/22/2009, -11/+64But we'll have fewer enemies. All Bush did was create a climate that fueled anti-American hatred and improve recruiting for terrorist groups. A lot of these people will stop resisting when we leave their country. Do some reading. I suggest David Kilcullen's "The Accidental Guerilla"
- inactive, on 01/22/2009, -13/+61One big step in the direction away from torture and degradation towards the rule of law human rights
- MrFurious2k, on 01/22/2009, -15/+61I sincerely wonder where he intends to send them. Are we going to build a new prison? Are we going to mix them in the general populations? Are soldiers going to be expected to read Miranda warnings to terrorists they capture? What about collection of evidence? As much as I might disagree with torture, I think we ought to consider very carefully what our future policies are going to be before he makes a decision like this.
- qpid, on 01/22/2009, -6/+51so how should we fix the tortured prisoners? hop in a delorean with the doc and go back and free them? What's done is done and the best we can do is make a better tomorrow.
- PeppermintPig, on 01/22/2009, -3/+41"This should have happened a while back as long as the prisoners went to American Jails and prisons."
No... they should have been given due process and trials. - qpid, on 01/22/2009, -1/+39That's not a bad idea, I applaud your forward thinking.
- mnocket, on 01/22/2009, -5/+43Please keep your gay fantasies to yourself.
- Dipsomaniac, on 01/22/2009, -0/+34Okay, look, I know we sent you Celine Dion and Bryan Adams, but there's no need to be nasty about it.
- swrostmore, on 01/22/2009, -3/+32Because the issue with Gitmo is not only prisoner treatment. In fact, I'd venture to guess that since the torture scandal was made public years ago they have been exceedingly careful to respect human rights. The issue is the lack of credibility of the military trials there, and the fact that every prisoner there has already been detained without rights for years. Closing Gitmo = actually taking responsibility for those held there, as opposed to locking them away and forgetting about them.
- kasperu, on 01/22/2009, -5/+34President Obama
orgasm in my mouth - inactive, on 01/22/2009, -6/+34so you don,t think they laughed harder right after nine eleven when we let george bush attack the wrong country,and legislated our rights away out of FEAR of a FEW religious nut jobs?.as i have said before if you are not willing to torture your enemies and spy on your own than you run a greater risk of suffering a terror attack.So what did you think it meant when they told you freedom wasn't free?why do you think we call it home of the brave?only cowards excuse torture and give up their rights to FEEL safe.You,george bush,and those few like you bleating loudly in fear on the fringes have shamed us all.the risks of doing the right thing is what make America great.I am proud to have a president who remembers that !
- Billions, on 01/22/2009, -2/+30Likely those detainees and future detainees will be held in more standard U.S. prisons on U.S. soil, subject to legal treatment under U.S. law, which is what Obama wants to represent to the world - the U.S. will do things correctly. Gitmo has been a grey area where strange 'un-American' methods could be used.
I'm pretty sure that the options have been considered very carefully before he made this decision. - oldhick, on 01/22/2009, -6/+31I'm listening and all I hear are the cries of neocons and fear mongers who hate the very idea of a free society based on the rule of law.
- diggdiggerid, on 01/22/2009, -3/+28You are saying, unequivocally, that there are zero innocents in Guantanamo and absolutely 100.00% of them are guilty as ....not charged but you know what I mean
- inactive, on 01/22/2009, -0/+24thats why there are two executive orders one to review trial processes and one to close gitmo in a year .not tomorrow or next week.of course we must find the right way and do this right but the oath of office is to "protect,preserve,and defend the CONSTITUTION of the united states.not protect the cozy safe feelings of the American people.freedom is risky but if we don't defend our way of life than the terrorists have already won.
- TwoKill, on 01/22/2009, -1/+25I hope one day people will be completely confused by the movie Harold and Kumar go to Guantanamo Bay. Mostly because of their lack of historical knowledge.
- inactive, on 01/22/2009, -1/+24It always amazes me that the "They hate us for our freedoms" group always seems to be the one working the hardest to take our freedoms away.
- mikbunn, on 01/22/2009, -14/+37Do the "low-risk" prisoners get apologies from the state? Maybe a free kick in the balls to Bush and Cheney?
- sunburner, on 01/22/2009, -9/+31Those damn liberals and their "We want America to have a good image" *****. ;)
- GBRob08, on 01/22/2009, -5/+27talk about getting stuff done. nice.
- Crozz, on 01/22/2009, -0/+21@opticwind
I think a lot of the point is that without any charges or trials, it's not even certain that some of these guys ARE terrorists at all. They could've just been at the wrong place at the wrong time when they were taken prisoner. There are examples that innocent people actually had been held there for years. It seems like many people miss this point. "innocent until proven guilty". - GVR90, on 01/22/2009, -15/+35Well.. now all the terrorists will be set free. We're *****.
/s - mcaaronice, on 01/22/2009, -0/+20Oh, and he just signed it. Your commenting license can now be revoked.
- Dipsomaniac, on 01/22/2009, -0/+19There's no way to keep Gitmo open and not have it be a constant image disaster for the US, even if everything is well-run.
- mtjohnson, on 01/22/2009, -2/+21http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/22/us/politics/22gi ...
President Obama is expected to sign executive orders Thursday directing the Central Intelligence Agency to shut what remains of its network of secret prisons and ordering the closing of the Guantánamo detention camp within a year, government officials said. - qpid, on 01/22/2009, -3/+22This isn't National Treasure 3, with secret alien conspiracies. Gitmo will close and stay closed.
- oldhick, on 01/22/2009, -1/+19I'm hopeful that we'll return to respecting freedom, the rule of law, Habeas corpus, and the Constitution for starters.
- geneticlemon, on 01/22/2009, -1/+19Wow, it says so in the ***** title ... "Within 1 year."
- SkippyDoorknob, on 01/22/2009, -1/+18Who says they're being released? There are other jails you know.
- fezzasus, on 01/22/2009, -4/+21Doesn't mean they are being let go dicktard, it means they will be able to be tried for their (supposed) crimes rather than being held indefinitely and without a conviction.
- kingmanic, on 01/22/2009, -1/+18I doubt it. Some will be released as the pretext holding them there would not pass legal scrutiny in the continental united states. But many of the others have valid cases against them.
- Billions, on 01/22/2009, -0/+16You mean the ones that say things like "Bin Laden attack using commercial airlines imminent"?
- NotAChickenHawk, on 01/22/2009, -1/+17If by "bleeding hearts", you mean those of us who believe we should stand by our nation's Constitution, instead of willingly throwing it and every national ideal we have away at the first hint of a threat to our safety, then yes, most of us here are bleeding hearts.
Its sad to think we've (d)evolved from Americans like Patrick Henry who said "Give me liberty, or give me death!" to people like you who basically say "Give me neither". Its even sadder to think that after all the lives that have been sacrificed in our country's history for freedom, today instead of people who might volunteer their lives to ensure those same freedoms for their fellow countrymen, we find people like you who are willing to give up those freedoms at the first hint that a few lives might be lost, even when those lives might not necessarily include your own. - newfrickinshow, on 01/22/2009, -4/+20After trial of course. I don't think even the most hardcore neocons want to see innocent men falsely accused of terrorism sitting in prison for the rest of their lives. would you agree?
- Kerrigore, on 01/22/2009, -0/+16I'm sure he's already been briefed on the Stargate Program, don't worry about it.
- mikbunn, on 01/22/2009, -0/+15Missed the sarcasm, I see. And I'm pretty sure you have no right to call anyone else an idiot.
- sildude, on 01/22/2009, -3/+18Don't worry. We only notice the bad things.
- DevSingh1359, on 01/22/2009, -14/+28It's about time. Glad to hear President Obama is quickly getting to work.
- shauncorleone, on 01/22/2009, -0/+14Look, the Canadian Government has apologized for Bryan Adams on several occasions.
- holzp, on 01/22/2009, -1/+15By his double posts shall a man be buried
- jdenzer, on 01/22/2009, -2/+16Right, then you would be complaining how the MSN is airing his 2nd swearing in. And all the Digg articles to to the video. Damn if he does and Damn if he doesn't. Nice try though!
- inactive, on 01/22/2009, -1/+15They are being detained by the US government, so the Constitution applies.
And frankly, I can't understand why we wouldn't want the Constitution to apply to non-citizens. Otherwise, the government would have a convenient loophole - detain you, question your citizenship status, and then deny you a trial - you'd have no way to contest their ruling that you're a non-citizen, and they could detain you indefinitely with no justification. - Stap1eGun, on 01/22/2009, -5/+18Why is everyone saying "it's just talk it doesn't mean anything" whenever Obama does anything? Can we not assume he is going to do the things he has implied and then get mad if he doesn't, instead always implying that he isn't going to do anything?
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