Closing Guantanamo: Established Systems Can Handle ...

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After nearly seven years of constant controversy, it certainly looks like Guant�namo's days are numbered after President-elect Obama reiterated his campaign pledge to close the prison camp at the U.S. Naval Base at Guant�namo Bay, Cuba. The debate has now shifted away from the simple argument about whether it should be closed and now focuses on how the Obama administration will actually do it.

Major decisions remain on whether to keep, modify, or scrap trial by military commissions, leading to further questions about when, how, where, and even if some detainees can be put on trial. Serious obstacles loom in the path of any effort to transfer other detainees back to their native countries as some can not simply be sent back home and little progress has been made to date finding other countries willing to accept them.

Our distinguished panel, each of whom have authored reports on closing Guant�namo, discussed these and other challenges facing the incoming Obama administration.

Featured Speakers:

Ken Gude, Associate Director, International Rights and Responsibilities, Center for American Progress
Elisa Massimino, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director, Human Rights First
Dr. Sarah E. Mendelson, Director of the Human Rights and Security Initiative, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Moderated by:

Rudy deLeon, Senior Vice President for National Security and International Policy, Center for American Progress

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