Friday, March 23, 2007

Shut Guantanamo ?

Report: Gates Wanted to Shutter Guantanamo

Newly Sworn in, Robert Gates Argued to Close the U.S. Prison in Cuba; President Bush Did Not Agree

WASHINGTON -- March 23, 2007— Soon after becoming defense secretary, Robert Gates argued the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, should be closed because the international community would view any trials there as tainted, The New York Times reported on Thursday.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=2975521

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Sounds to me like a high level game of "good cop, bad cop".

 

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