Once again an Obama that doesn't know what he is doing....
Obama Brings Back Military Trials at Guantanamo Bay
Published March 07, 2011 | FoxNews.com
A detainee opens a cooler inside the Guantanamo Bay prison in January 2009. Wikileaks.org has posted sensitive documents related to the detention facilities.
President Obama announced Monday that military trials will resume for detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp, saying the tribunals are an "important tool in combating international terrorists."
The president, who issued an executive order outlining the changes Monday afternoon, said Defense Secretary Robert Gates will rescind his January 2009 ban against bringing new charges against terror suspects in the military commissions.
Obama said in a statement that the decision was part of a plan to "broaden our ability to bring terrorists to justice."
Obama vowed when he took office to close the detention facility at Guantanamo, but officials have recently acknowledged that closure is not likely because of questions about where terror suspects would be held.
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