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"Obama to Shut Guantanamo Site and C.I.A. Prisons"

"Obama to Shut Guantanamo Site and C.I.A. Prisons": This front page article appears today in The New York Times. The newspaper also contains an editorial entitled "First Steps at Guantanamo."

Today's edition of The Washington Post contains a front page article headlined "Obama Starts Reversing Bush Policies; Guantanamo Order Readied; Lobbying Rules Tightened." The newspaper also reports that "Plan to Eliminate Prison Faces Hurdles; Practical, Political Challenges Await as Obama Outlines Goals in Draft Order" and "Public Supports Closing Guantanamo; In Poll, Most Agree With President's Plan to Shutter the Facility Within a Year." And the newspaper contains an editorial entitled "Justice and Security: Mr. Obama is right to move cautiously in closing Guantanamo."

In The Los Angeles Times, Carol J. Williams reports that "Obama expected to order closure of Guantanamo prison; A draft order calling for the facility's shutdown within a year and a review of prisoners' cases is likely to be issued today; A presidential request prompts suspension of prosecutions."

Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald reports that "Obama moves to close Guantanamo camps within a year; President Obama launched plans for a phased one-year closure of the Guantanamo prison camps that could bring detainees to U.S. soil."

In The Wall Street Journal, Jess Bravin and Laura Meckler report that "Obama Set to Undo Bush's Gitmo Policies." The newspaper also contains an editorial entitled "Obama and Guantanamo: Fighting terrorism is simpler when you're a candidate."

Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has an article headlined "Sorting out Guantanamo detainees: President Obama orders a thorough review of pending terror cases."

At Politico.com, Josh Gerstein reports that "Legal issues complicate Gitmo closing."

The Associated Press provides reports headlined "Sources: Obama to order Guantanamo closed" and "Ex-US attorney to prosecute suspects at Guantanamo."

Reuters provides reports headlined "Obama to order Guantanamo closed" and "Guantanamo closure too little too late: ex-inmate."

Bloomberg News reports that "Obama's Order to Close Guantanamo Detainee Camp May Come Today."

And today's broadcast of NPR's "Morning Edition" contained an audio segment entitled "Obama To Order Guantanamo Closed Within A Year" (RealPlayer required).

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