Snowdon is a dummy

If you think there is nothing shameful of the history of Guantanamo, there is no sense talking to you about it. I don't remember the exact quote, but I think it goes something like, "a country is judged on how it keeps it's prisoners." Well, no wonder we are judged so harshly concerning this situation.

We pay taxes right now for Guantanamo. From what I understand the conditions are horrible because the place is decaying, many of the inmates are aging and getting sick.

He has been trying transfer some prisoners to lead new lives in other countries, but it is hard to find a country willing to accept them.

It is a terrible shameful and against all international laws to keep this situation ongoing.

I'd say your proposal to kill all Gitmo prisoners is actually more humane than the current situation. Actually that's what many of the inmates have been trying to do: kill themselves by way of not eating, but they have not been allowed to do that...

I think after getting a declaration from congress to fight IS, Obama should declare the war over in Afghanistan and then release the prisoners.

I mean we can't be in a war with them until the very last one dies.

I am pretty aggravated by the US hypocrisy on this issue, yours included. At least oral is speaking his mind clearly.

Of course you couldn't care less if innocent people are being tortured daily in your name and with your tax money.

I'd be willing to let them choose to starve to death if we were given a guarantee that no one would then blame us for said death.

Again, it's all about the US reputation... The fate of these poor boys be damned.

congress has passed a law forbidding the transfer of the prisoners to the US. It is tied up with up with National Defense Authorization Act. If he defies, some senators are threatening to impeach him. The only way he could defy it is by signing an executive order saying congress over stepped it bounds when the Defense bill comes up in December. If those senators are serious about impeaching him over it, he may have to wait until close to his term is over.

7. Detainee Threat
This section is the most significant from the point of view of the supposed intelligence used to justify the detention of prisoners. After "Assessment," which reiterates the conclusion at 3b, the main section, "Reasons for Continued Detention," may, at first glance, look convincing, but it must be stressed that, for the most part, it consists of little more than unreliable statements made by the prisoners’ fellow prisoners — either in Guantánamo, or in secret prisons run by the CIA, where torture and other forms of coercion were widespread, or through more subtle means in Guantánamo, where compliant prisoners who were prepared to make statements about their fellow prisoners were rewarded with better treatment. Some examples are available on the homepage for the release of these documents: http://wikileaks.ch/gitmo/