Journalists are escorted by military personnel Thursday to a court hearing for the five Sept. 11 attack co-defendants at Camp Justice, Quantanamo Bay. Associated PressFrom The Wall Street Journal:
WASHINGTON -- Obama administration officials said they will miss a deadline to make recommendations on detainee policy -- a key part of the plan to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by January -- and are expected to seek an extension.
A White House official downplayed the missed deadline and said the January closure is still on track. Instead of a final report, the detention policy task force set up by President Barack Obama is expected to present him with an interim report on its work on Tuesday, administration officials said.
A separate task force reviewing individual cases of detainees, which affects the wider detainee policy review, expects to complete its review by October, an official said. The scope of the detention policy review goes beyond Guantanamo, dealing with how the U.S. handles future prisoners suspected of terrorism, and what to do with detainees who may require indefinite imprisonment without trials.
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My Comment: As I had mentioned in previous posts .... this is all going to be done on a fly, with many of the key decisions being left at the end. And (I predict) the end result is going to be the following .... no one is going to be happy .... from the 9/11 families, military personnel, political opponents, and (more importantly) the majority of the American people.
Braeking Update: Gitmo review delayed 6 months -- Washington Times
My Comment: When I read the above Washington Times story .... I just shook my head. My colleagues and I have been predicting this for the past few months, so this announcement is no surprise.
But here is the bigger story .... an additional 6 months is still not enough.