Constitutional Law

Pentagon Working On Plan To Close Military Prison

The Washington Post reports that Defense Secretary Robert Gates has asked his staff to create a plan to shutter the military prison at Guantanamo Bay. Gates’ press secretary Geoff Morrell told the newspaper that the Pentagon needs to have the plan ready by the time President-elect Barack Obama takes office on Jan. 20. A plan to close the prison would also likely touch on the future of the military commission, The Post reported. ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero lauded the announcement as “an important first step toward turning the page on eight years of shameful policies that allowed torture and violations of domestic and international law.” He added that the group is “confident that, once in office, President Obama will give us an America we can be proud of again and return to our tried and true established system of justice ….”

Full post as published by ACS Blog on December 31, 1969 (boomark / email).