tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post4913452230959132663..comments2024-03-28T10:49:14.510-05:00Comments on Horizons: President Obama is Determined to Close GitmoNancy LeTourneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-81011492502608181602015-04-23T13:46:13.096-05:002015-04-23T13:46:13.096-05:00Notice that they are "exploring options for t...<i>Notice that they are "exploring options for the unilateral closure."</i><br /><br />Yeah, that's code for Art. II Commander-in-Chief powers. They are enemy combatants housed in a <i>military</i> location, after all. Maybe they can bring John Yoo out of retirement to write the memo.<br /><br />If the Navy were to accept such orders, I don't see how a congressional injunction would stop a wartime decision to transfer detainees from a brig in Cuba to a brig in the Carolinas. The courts have made their opinion on the relevant authority known. It'd be fitting if the closing of Guantanamo turns out to be as lawless as its creation in the first place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-7881771575702063512015-04-23T12:31:13.551-05:002015-04-23T12:31:13.551-05:00Isn't there something in the 9/11 AUMF where h...Isn't there something in the 9/11 AUMF where he can end it if he ends the war?IL JimPnoreply@blogger.com