Obama Retreats on Gitmo

After sober reflection, President Obama has reluctantly come to the right conclusion that the ideal place to keep suspect terrorists is Gitmo. In the natural order of things, U.S. President Obama should perhaps consider apologizing to his predecessor, George Bush the Younger. Except he …

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Written by Peter Worthington on Wednesday March 9, 2011

Obama’s Guantanamo About-Face

President Obama's promise to close Guantanamo may be a casualty of the "Arab spring." Hypothesis: President Obama's promise to close Guantanamo is a casualty of the "Arab spring." As Eli Lake notes in a characteristically in-depth report here , the Obama administration has transferred about 67 …

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Written by David Frum on Tuesday March 8, 2011