U.S. officials plan to close Guantánamo prison

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"WASHINGTON: U.S. officials are considering granting Guantánamo Bay detainees substantially greater rights as part of an effort to close the detention center and possibly move much of its population from Cuba to the United States, according to officials involved in the discussions.

One proposal that is being widely discussed in the administration would overhaul the procedure for determining whether detainees are properly held by granting them legal representation at detention hearings and by giving judges, not military officers, the power to decide whether detainees should continue to be held."

U.S. officials ponder plan to close Guantánamo prison - International Herald Tribune

 

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giving judges, not military officers, the power to decide whether detainees should continue to be held.

They should send down a few judges from San Francisco's branch of the Ninth Circuit. They're always fair and rational.