Obama to order Guantanamo Bay prison closed

[WI_DEM]

Wasn't it just yesterday somebody had a thread accusing Obama of backing away from this? This is why we should wait and see what he does rather than assume:

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President-elect Barack Obama plans to order the closing of the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay as early as his first week in office to show a break from the Bush administration's approach to the war on terror, according to two officials close to the transition.


President-elect Barack Obama is expected to sign an order closing the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

One of the officials said it would be in keeping with Obama's campaign promise to shut down the prison through executive order, a move which was also pushed by last year's Republican presidential nominee, Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona.

"The president-elect has repeatedly said the legal framework at Gitmo has failed to successfully and swiftly prosecute terrorists," said one of the officials close to the transition, who was not authorized to speak publicly about private deliberations.

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/12/obama.gitmo/index.html

[Dhalgren]

1. I hope he does,

but I'll believe it when I see it. Also, if he leaves Baghram operational, what's the difference?