Stories
Slash Boxes
Comments

SoylentNews is people

posted by martyb on Thursday February 01 2018, @08:49AM   Printer-friendly
from the indefinite-detention dept.

Donald Trump has signed an executive order to keep the Guantánamo Bay prison camp open, reversing the policy of the Obama administration.

In his State of the Union address on Tuesday night, Trump said he had directed the defence secretary, James Mattis, "to re-examine our military detention policy and to keep open the detention facilities at Guantánamo Bay". He added that he expected that "in many cases" captured terrorists would be sent to the camp.

The Trump executive order instructs Mattis, in consultation with the secretary of state and other officials, to deliver a new policy on battlefield detentions, "including policies governing transfer of individuals to US Naval Station Guantánamo Bay" within 90 days.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/30/guantanamo-bay-trump-signs-executive-order-to-keep-prison-open


Original Submission

 
This discussion has been archived. No new comments can be posted.
Display Options Threshold/Breakthrough Mark All as Read Mark All as Unread
The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way.
  • (Score: 5, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 01 2018, @01:58PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 01 2018, @01:58PM (#631471)

    What troll meant was that they went back to being brown and Muslim.

    Starting Score:    0  points
    Moderation   +5  
       Insightful=2, Informative=2, Touché=1, Total=5
    Extra 'Informative' Modifier   0  

    Total Score:   5