“I didn’t know whether to pack for a week or five months,” the US official said, as our Boeing 757 charter plane touched down in Cuba’s tropical heat, with turkey vultures circling overhead.
Returning from their Christmas break for the next round of hearings at the Guantánamo Bay detention centre, the defence and prosecution teams on board might have to wrap up their work a lot sooner than expected.
Aides to Barack Obama have said that the President-elect will issue an executive order declaring the closure of the prison camp on his first day in office next week. The directive will be an immediate and high-profile declaration by Mr Obama that he intends to make a clean break from the most controversial aspects of President Bush’s War on Terror.
Mr Obama’s aides have said that he is likely to suspend the tribunal system until the camp has been closed. No one has told the US military’s legal officials who flew in with The Times yesterday whether they would be required at Guantánamo Bay for only four more days — or for months of hearings still scheduled here.
Returning from their Christmas break for the next round of hearings at the Guantánamo Bay detention centre, the defence and prosecution teams on board might have to wrap up their work a lot sooner than expected.
Aides to Barack Obama have said that the President-elect will issue an executive order declaring the closure of the prison camp on his first day in office next week. The directive will be an immediate and high-profile declaration by Mr Obama that he intends to make a clean break from the most controversial aspects of President Bush’s War on Terror.
Mr Obama’s aides have said that he is likely to suspend the tribunal system until the camp has been closed. No one has told the US military’s legal officials who flew in with The Times yesterday whether they would be required at Guantánamo Bay for only four more days — or for months of hearings still scheduled here.
Aides to Barack Obama have said that the President-elect will issue an executive order declaring the closure of the prison camp on his first day in office next week. The directive will be an immediate and high-profile declaration by Mr Obama that he intends to make a clean break from the most controversial aspects of President Bush’s War on Terror.
Mr Obama’s aides have said that he is likely to suspend the tribunal system until the camp has been closed. No one has told the US military’s legal officials who flew in with The Times yesterday whether they would be required at Guantánamo Bay for only four more days — or for months of hearings still scheduled here.
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My Comment: The declaration from the White House will be a Presidential Declaration stating an "Intent To Close Guantanamo As Soon As Possible". Time-line will be undefined. In otherwords .... all talk and promise .... nothing definite.
Mr Obama’s aides have said that he is likely to suspend the tribunal system until the camp has been closed. No one has told the US military’s legal officials who flew in with The Times yesterday whether they would be required at Guantánamo Bay for only four more days — or for months of hearings still scheduled here.
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My Comment: The declaration from the White House will be a Presidential Declaration stating an "Intent To Close Guantanamo As Soon As Possible". Time-line will be undefined. In otherwords .... all talk and promise .... nothing definite.