{"id":197,"date":"2009-01-21T21:45:39","date_gmt":"2009-01-21T21:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/cityofbrass\/2009\/01\/draft-order-to-close-guantanam.html"},"modified":"2009-01-21T21:45:39","modified_gmt":"2009-01-21T21:45:39","slug":"draft-order-to-close-guantanam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/cityofbrass\/2009\/01\/draft-order-to-close-guantanam.html","title":{"rendered":"Draft order to close Guantanamo Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.aclu.org\/2009\/01\/21\/close-guantnamo-draft-order\/\">ACLU has obtained a copy<\/a> of the draft order to close Gitmo. I am embedding the document (PDF) below. <object codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0\" id=\"doc_671546162376393\" name=\"doc_671546162376393\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"100%\" align=\"middle\" height=\"500\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/d.scribd.com\/ScribdViewer.swf?document_id=11064342&amp;access_key=key-1kqdj4gxqg0h74tyabp2&amp;page=1&amp;version=1&amp;viewMode=\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" \/><param name=\"play\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"loop\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"scale\" value=\"showall\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"opaque\" \/><param name=\"devicefont\" value=\"false\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#ffffff\" \/><param name=\"menu\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"salign\" value=\"\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/d.scribd.com\/ScribdViewer.swf?document_id=11064342&amp;access_key=key-1kqdj4gxqg0h74tyabp2&amp;page=1&amp;version=1&amp;viewMode=\" quality=\"high\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer\" play=\"true\" loop=\"true\" scale=\"showall\" wmode=\"opaque\" devicefont=\"false\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" name=\"doc_671546162376393_object\" menu=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" salign=\"\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"100%\" align=\"middle\" height=\"500\"><\/object>\t<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 6px auto 3px; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; display: block;\">    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/upload\" style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Publish at Scribd<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/browse\" style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">explore<\/a> others:            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/browse\/Academic-Work\/Other?style=text-decoration%3A+underline%3B\">Other<\/a>              <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/browse\/Academic-Work\/?style=text-decoration%3A+underline%3B\">Academic Work<\/a>                  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/tag\/obama\" style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">obama<\/a>              <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/tag\/Gitmo\" style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Gitmo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The ACLU will have an analysis soon. <\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: The Politico notes that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/stories\/0109\/17764.html\">Obama will likely issue the order today to close Gitmo<\/a>, but the actual closing will take up to a year. They also have a nice overview of the various thorny legal issues involved, including just what you do with the detainees. <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ACLU has obtained a copy of the draft order to close Gitmo. I am embedding the document (PDF) below. Publish at Scribd or explore others: Other Academic Work obama Gitmo The ACLU will have an analysis soon. 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