[Infowarrior] - Obama to Sign Order Shutting Guantanamo in a Year

[Richard Forno]

Obama to Sign Order Shutting Guantanamo in a Year

By LARA JAKES and DAVID ESPO
The Associated Press
Wednesday, January 21, 2009; 6:37 PM

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/21/AR2009012101765_pf.html

WASHINGTON -- The Associated Press has learned that President Barack  
Obama plans to sign an executive order Thursday to close the  
Guantanamo Bay detention center within a year and halt military trials  
of terror suspects held there.

The executive order was one of three expected imminently on how to  
interrogate and prosecute al-Qaida, Taliban or other foreign fighters  
believed to threaten the United States.

A senior Obama aide said the president would sign the order on  
Thursday, fulfilling his campaign promise to shut down a facility that  
critics around the world say violates domestic and international  
detainee rights. The aide spoke on condition of anonymity because the  
event has not yet been announced.
© 2009 The Associated Press