Keep Gitmo Going

[1] Executive Order — Review And Disposition Of Individuals Detained At The Guantánamo Bay Naval Base And Closure Of Detention Facilities. Jan. 22, 2009. Available online at: https://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/ClosureOfGuantanamoDetentionFacilities/

[2] Id at Section 2(a).

[3] Id at Section 2(b).

[4] Morgan, David.  Pentagon: 61 ex-Guantanamo inmates return to terrorism. Reuters, Jan. 13, 2009. Available online at: https://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE50C5JX20090113?sp=true

[5] Scarborough, Rowan.  Number of Ex-Gitmo Prisoners Rejoining Terror Higher Than Reported.  Human Events, Mar. 12, 2009.  Available online at: https://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=31039

[6] Worth, Robert F. Freed by the U.S., Saudi Becomes a Qaeda Chief.  New York Times, Jan. 23, 2009.  Available online at: https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/23/world/middleeast/23yemen.html

[7] Chandrasekaran, Rajiv. From Captive to Suicide Bomber. Washingon Post, Feb. 22, 2009.  Available online at: https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/21/AR2009022101234.html

[8] Associated Press, via Fox News.  Officials: Taliban’s New Top Operations Officer Is Former Guantanamo Bay Detainee.  Fox News, Mar. 10 2009.  Available online at: https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,508506,00.html

[9] U.S. Department of Defense, Ex-Guantanamo Detainees who have returned to the fight. Available online at: https://www.defenselink.mil/news/d20080613Returntothefightfactsheet.pdf (accessed Feb. 25 2009)

[10] Worth, Robert F. 11 former Guantanamo inmates now on Saudi list of terrorism suspects.  International Herald Tribune, Feb. 4, 2009.  Avaible online at: https://www.iht.com/articles/2009/02/04/mideast/saudi.1-422462.php

[11] Kuwait: Security stepped up at Saudi embassy amid attack fears. March 3, 2009. Available online at: https://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3066916913

[12] The Guantanamo Docket, New York Times reprint of “Combatant Status Review Board summary of evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal – AL HARBI, Mohamed Atiq Awayd”. Available online at: https://projects.nytimes.com/guantanamo/detainees/333-muhammad-al-awfi/documents/5/pages/367#1

[13] Gilmore, Gerry J.  Defense Officials Address Detainee Concerns.  American Forces Press Service, Jan. 23, 2009.  Available online at: https://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=52796

[14] U.S. Department of Defense, Detainee Biographies, and Available online at: https://www.defenselink.mil/pdf/detaineebiographies1.pdf (accessed Feb. 23, 2009).

[15] Keen, Judy.  Kansas Slams Door on Idea of Gitmo Transfers. USA Today, March 1, 2009. Available online at:  https://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-03-01-leavenworth_N.htm

[16] id.

[17] Ephron, Dan. “The Gitmo Dilemma”. Newsweek, Nov. 7, 2008. Available online at: https://www.newsweek.com/id/168022

[18] See Pleming, Sue. Gates grilled over fate of Guantanamo inmates. Boston Globe, April 30, 2009.  Available online at https://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2009/04/30/gates_grilled_over_fate_of_guantanamo_inmates/

[19] See Finn, Peter and Del Quentin Weber. Review Finds Detainees’ Treatment Legal, Washington Post, February 21, 2009.  Available on-line at https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/20/AR2009022002191.html

[20] See Associated Press.  AG: It’ll be hard to close Guantanamo.  Denver Post, February 26, 2009.  Available on-line at https://www.denverpost.com/ci_11786843?source=rss

[21] See McCarthy, Andrew C. “Holder Should Heed Justice Jackson’s Words”. National Review Online, May 8, 2009. Available online at: https://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MjIxOGJlYTdjOTc0YThiNzM5OTYyODc3ZWYxMjA3MmE=&w=MA==

[22]Id.

[23] https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-2294

[24] See HR 817, HR 829, HR 701.

[25] In addition to the the legislation already mentioned, see HR 148, HR 951, HR 633, HR 794, HR 1073, HR 565, HR 1238, HR 1069, HR 1186, S 291, S 370.