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The Detainee Dilemma

The US Debate about the Release of Prisoners from Guantanamo Bay


Author(s): Johannes Thimm
Publisher(s): Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)
Date of publication: Jul 2009
Volume number: 2009
Issue number: 37
Pages: 4
Series: SWP Comments

Description: Ever since President Obama announced that the detention camp at Guantanamo Bay would be closed by 22 January 2010, there has been controversy in the US about what to do with the remaining 229 detainees. Because the President announced the decision to close the camp by executive order without giving any details about its implementation, Congress has been increasingly questioning his plan. The Republicans are using the issue to accuse Obama of weakness in the fight against terrorism.

General note: © 2009 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)
Bibliographic note: Originally published in German in July 2009 (SWP Aktuell 37) under the title "Gefangenendilemma".

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