Ben Wittes says that President Obama’s three executive orders on closing Guantanamo Bay and detainee treatment are more of a process than a solution for the problem. In reality, he says, it does less than many expected.
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Commentary
President Obama’s Plan to Close Guantánamo
January 22, 2009