Guantanamo -- Week in Review

Although extact figures have not been revealed, 779 detainees are known to have passed through the camp and about 530 have since been released Photo: AP

Guantanamo Case Files in Disarray -- Washington Post

Situation Complicates Prison's Closure

President Obama's plans to expeditiously determine the fates of about 245 terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and quickly close the military prison there were set back last week when incoming legal and national security officials -- barred until the inauguration from examining classified material on the detainees -- discovered that there were no comprehensive case files on many of them.

Instead, they found that information on individual prisoners is "scattered throughout the executive branch," a senior administration official said. The executive order Obama signed Thursday orders the prison closed within one year, and a Cabinet-level panel named to review each case separately will have to spend its initial weeks and perhaps months scouring the corners of the federal government in search of relevant material.

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More News On Guantanamo

When Gitmo Was (Relatively) Good -- Washington Post
Guantanamo closure a blow to Al-Qaeda propaganda: analysts -- AFP
Biden: Dealing With Detainees To Take Time -- CBS News
U.S. plan for Guantánamo prison camp detainees: Divide and conquer -- Miami Herald
2 Ex-Detainees in Qaeda Video -- New York Times
Former Guantánamo detainees in Qaeda video -- International Herald Tribune
Security experts skeptical on Gitmo detainee report -- CNN
France floats EU plan on Guantanamo - report -- Reuters

Opinions, Commentary, And Editorials

Closing Guantanamo to test Obama, US justice system -- ABS-CBN
Closing Guantanamo Was Easy Compared To What Comes Next -- Radio Free Europe
Barack Obama has issued his orders on Guantanamo but closing it will be tougher -- The Telegraph
The Laws of War Have Served Us Well -- Wall Street Journal
A False Move on Gitmo -- National Review editorial
Safe To Release? -- Newsweek
When Gitmo Was (Relatively) Good -- Washingrton Post opinion
What to Do About the Gitmo Detainees -- Weekly Standard opinion
A 9/11 family member chides the new President for closing Guantanamo terror camp -- New York Daily News
Closing Gitmo Isn't a Solution -- Washington Times opinion