Obama To Sign Gitmo Closure Order

Thu., Jan. 22, 2009

ORG XMIT: GUA107 ** FILE ** In this March 6, 2002 file photo, a detainee is escorted by U.S. military guards in the temporary detention facility Camp X-Ray on Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba. Posted to a telephone pole at top left is a sign indicating the direction toward Mecca. President Barack Obama began overhauling U.S. treatment of terror suspects, signing orders on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009, to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton, File) (Andres Leighton / The Spokesman-Review)

By D.F. Oliveria daveo@spokesman.com (509) 319-0354

Item: Obama to sign Gitmo closure order today: Relatives of 9/11 victims have said they oppose further delay in trials /CBS

More Info: President Barack Obama plans to sign on Thursday an executive order to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center (AP photo above) within a year and halt military trials of terror suspects held there, the Associated Press reported. The executive order was one of three expected imminently on how to interrogate and prosecute al Qaeda, Taliban or other foreign fighters believed to threaten the United States. Update here .

Question: Will Obama be disrespecting the memory of 9/11 victims if he closes the Guantanamo Bay detention center?

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