Camp GITMO

It is an interesting position President Obama now finds himself in regarding closing the detention facility (prison/interrogation center) at Guantanemo. Yes, president has ordered that the facility be closed within a year. And yes, news that person released from GITMO have gone back to the Al Queda front lines sort of argues strongly against releasing a lot of these folks.

The question before our constitutional law professor of a president is: How to handle these guys within the structure of American and international law when they don't abide by law. Repatriation to their"home countries" does not seem like a solution designed to keep the bad guys from getting back into the fight. Transferring them to American prisons might be an option, but what is their status? They have not been tried or convicted of crimes nor are they being considered prisoners of war under the Geneva Convention.

So Obama did fulfill his pledge to order the closing of GITMO, but he has so far failed to come up with a viable plan as to what to do with these guys. Look for GITMO to stay open a little longer than expected as "unforeseen" problems delay GITMO's closing.