Guantanamo Bay set to stay: Barack Obama ‘u-turns’ on plan to shut controversial prison as he axes office responsible for its closure
Worldwide, Daily news | ankakh | January 29, 2013 22:03
The special envoy responsible for overseeing the closure of theU.S.prison atGuantanamoBayhas been taken off the job in a clear sign that the Obama administration no longer plans to shut the facility down.
On Monday the State Department reassigned Daniel Fried, the special envoy for closing the Cuban prison and will not replace him, according to an internal personnel announcement seen by The New York Times.
The move seems to show that the Obama administration does not see the closing of the prison as a realistic priority, despite announcements by the President to the contrary.
Mr. Fried’s special envoy post was created in 2009, shortly after Mr Obama took office and promised to close the prison in his first year.
But as Congress imposed restrictions on further transfers, Mr Fried was eventually assigned to also work on resettling a group of Iranian exiles, the M.E.K., who were in a refugee camp inIraq.
Facebook
Tweet This
RSS Feed
Email This Post
Loading ...
