News Source: Fox News
| 5 months ago
The political battle over the fate of the detainees at Gunatanamo Bay just got more contentious. The Obama administration is considering an executive order to indefinitely imprison a small number of Guantanamo Bay detainees, a move that would be in...
News Source: The Boston Globe
| 5 months ago
One of the officials said the order, if issued, would not take effect until after the Oct. 1 start of the upcoming 2010 fiscal year. Already, Congress has blocked the administration from spending any money this year to imprison the detainees in the...
News Source: The Hill
| 5 months ago
The White House downplayed the reports on Friday evening, saying an order is far from finalized, but according to reports in the Washington Post and Associated Press the administration is weighing such an action in part because of the tough...
News Source: The Mercury News
| 5 months ago
Such an order could be rescinded and would not block later efforts to write legislation, but civil liberties groups generally oppose long-term detention, arguing that detainees should either be prosecuted or released. The Justice Department has...
News Source: Inquirer.net
| 5 months ago
The Obama administration has drafted an executive order that would allow indefinite detention in the United States of some of the top value terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay, The Washington Post reported Friday. White House officials were "growing...
News Source: Fox News
| 5 months ago
Stymied by Congress so far, the White House is considering issuing an executive order to indefinitely imprison a small number of Guantanamo Bay detainees considered too dangerous to prosecute or release, two administration officials said Friday. No...
News Source: United Press International
| 5 months ago
The White House has prepared an executive order to reassert presidential authority to detain suspected terrorists indefinitely, The Washington Post reported. Citing three senior government officials, the newspaper said Friday the executive order...
News Source: Bradenton Herald
| 5 months ago
Two Obama administration officials say the White House is considering issuing an executive order to indefinitely hold some Guantanamo Bay detainees in prison. The order wouldn't take effect until after the next fiscal year begins on Oct. 1.