Obama Planning US Trials for Guantanamo Detainees
-- ABC News
-- ABC News
Obama plans US trials for Guantanamo detainees; plan may require creation of new court system
President-elect Obama's advisers are quietly crafting a proposal to ship dozens, if not hundreds, of imprisoned terrorism suspects to the United States to face criminal trials, a plan that would make good on his promise to close the Guantanamo Bay prison but could require creation of a controversial new system of justice.
During his campaign, Obama described Guantanamo as a "sad chapter in American history" and has said generally that the U.S. legal system is equipped to handle the detainees. But he has offered few details on what he planned to do once the facility is closed.
Under plans being put together in Obama's camp, some detainees would be released and many others would be prosecuted in U.S. criminal courts.
A third group of detainees — the ones whose cases are most entangled in highly classified information — might have to go before a new court designed especially to handle sensitive national security cases, according to advisers and Democrats involved in the talks. Advisers participating directly in the planning spoke on condition of anonymity because the plans aren't final.
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During his campaign, Obama described Guantanamo as a "sad chapter in American history" and has said generally that the U.S. legal system is equipped to handle the detainees. But he has offered few details on what he planned to do once the facility is closed.
Under plans being put together in Obama's camp, some detainees would be released and many others would be prosecuted in U.S. criminal courts.
A third group of detainees — the ones whose cases are most entangled in highly classified information — might have to go before a new court designed especially to handle sensitive national security cases, according to advisers and Democrats involved in the talks. Advisers participating directly in the planning spoke on condition of anonymity because the plans aren't final.
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A third group of detainees — the ones whose cases are most entangled in highly classified information — might have to go before a new court designed especially to handle sensitive national security cases, according to advisers and Democrats involved in the talks. Advisers participating directly in the planning spoke on condition of anonymity because the plans aren't final.
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Obama Wants Guantanamo Trials -- Sky News
Obama said planning U.S. trials for Guantanamo detainees -- Globe And Mail
Obama planning U.S. trials for Guantanamo detainees, sources say -- Yahoo News/Canadian Press
Guantanamo Bay detainees may face criminal trial in US -- Scotsman
Obama planning US trials for Guantanamo detainees -- Las Vegas Sun
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More News On President-Elect Obama's Guantanamo Plans
Obama Wants Guantanamo Trials -- Sky News
Obama said planning U.S. trials for Guantanamo detainees -- Globe And Mail
Obama planning U.S. trials for Guantanamo detainees, sources say -- Yahoo News/Canadian Press
Guantanamo Bay detainees may face criminal trial in US -- Scotsman
Obama planning US trials for Guantanamo detainees -- Las Vegas Sun