Legal Commentary

Gitmo Today

By Professor University of Miami School of Law

A day late, but even so…

And, more importantly, here are four executive orders signed today.

• Review And Disposition Of Individuals Detained At The Guantánamo Bay Naval Base And Closure Of Detention Facilities
• Review Of Detention Policy Options
• Ensuring Lawful Interrogations
• Review of the Detention of Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri

These are major, major, welcome developments.

Only sour note: Adm. Dennis Blair can’t bring himself to call waterboarding “torture”. [Link improved]

Full post as published by Discourse.net on January 22, 2009 (boomark / email).