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.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 02 2018, @01:33AM
Additionally, if his reason for accusing his neighbor was because he coveted that guy's wife|home|household goods, with the "bad" guy gone, the "witness" now has easy access to those.
The levels of accountability in this "enemy combatant" paradigm are essentially zero.
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