As Obama Vows to Close Guantanamo, Advisers Reportedly Crafting Plan to Create a New System of Preventive Detention and National Security Courts

During an interview on 60 Minutes last night President-elect Barack Obama said he plans to close the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay and rebuild the nation’s moral stature. Last week, the Associated Press reported Obama advisers are crafting a plan that would put some Guantanamo Bay prisoners in front of a new court system designed to handle so-called “national security” cases.

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