Forget closing Guantánamo Bay — President Barack Obama has reportedly green-lighted a plan to begin charges against new detainees at the controversial off-shore prison for the first time under his administration. “The Obama administration is preparing to increase the use of military commissions to prosecute Guantánamo detainees, an acknowledgment that…
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