It wasn’t until I read this AoSHQ post about the delay in the detention report (preliminary details here) that I started counting off the months on my fingers. Six months from July 21st makes… January 21st, more or less.
The work of a Justice Department-led task force, which had been scheduled to send a report on detention policy to President Obama on Tuesday, will be extended for six months, according to senior administration officials. A second task force examining interrogation policy will get a two-month extension to complete its work, which had also been due Tuesday.
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The officials said the administration remains committed to closing the prison in Cuba by January 2010…
I fail to see how. After the fold is the relevant text of the original Executive Order: note that it is dated January 22, 2009. (more…)
, and is (to the best to my knowledge) in the public domain.