President Barack Obama signed executive orders on Tursday to close the Guantanamo Bay detention centre and directed the central intelligence Agency to shut its network of secret prisons.
The order rewrite rules for the detention of terrorism suspects, and require all US personnel to follow the US Army Field manual while interrogation detainees.
The order also require an immediate review of the 245 detainees still held at the naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to determine if they should be transferred, released or prosecuted.
On Wednesday, Us Military Judges, acting on Mr. Obama’s directive suspended trails for terrorist suspects at Guantanamo for 120 days pending a review of the Military Tribunals
On Thursday, Mr. Obama acted again and began to dismantle Mr. Bush’s Strategy for dealing with terror suspects in US custody. The moves show that the new president is wasting no time in reviewing his predecessor’s legacy.
Mr Obama also created a task force that would have 30 days to recommend policies on handling terror suspects to the detained in the future. Specifically the group would look at where those detainees should be housed sice Guantanamo is closing
The order rewrite rules for the detention of terrorism suspects, and require all US personnel to follow the US Army Field manual while interrogation detainees.
The order also require an immediate review of the 245 detainees still held at the naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to determine if they should be transferred, released or prosecuted.
On Wednesday, Us Military Judges, acting on Mr. Obama’s directive suspended trails for terrorist suspects at Guantanamo for 120 days pending a review of the Military Tribunals
On Thursday, Mr. Obama acted again and began to dismantle Mr. Bush’s Strategy for dealing with terror suspects in US custody. The moves show that the new president is wasting no time in reviewing his predecessor’s legacy.
Mr Obama also created a task force that would have 30 days to recommend policies on handling terror suspects to the detained in the future. Specifically the group would look at where those detainees should be housed sice Guantanamo is closing
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