President Obama Weighs Move To Retain Control Of Guantanamo Closure -- ABC News
Obama's Formal Objection to Defense Bill Could Provoke Congress on Sensitive Issue.
President Obama may formally object to a provision that would prohibit the use of any funds to transfer detainees from the detention facility in Guantanamo Bay to the United States for any purpose.
The provision -- attached to the Defense Authorization bill -- would be a critical blow to the president's stated goal of trying some Guantanamo detainees in civilian courts. Attorney General Eric Holder sent a letter to Congress late last year calling the provision "an extreme and risky encroachment on the authority of the executive branch to determine when and where to prosecute terrorist suspects."
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My Comment: Unless President Obama decides to ignore something called the Constitution .... his options are very limited here.