President Barack Obama reiterated in
January his desire to close the notorious Guantanamo prison by
the end of this year. Even among those who agree it should close, a surprising
number of lawmakers and policy analysts seem to believe that may require creating
a new indefinite detention scheme for suspected terrorists here in the United
States.
Supporters of these
proposals highlight the allegedly intractable problem of some 45 detainees at
Guantanamo, and potentially more, whom the Obama administration has insisted since 2009 cannot be
convicted on criminal charges, yet are nonetheless too dangerous to release.
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