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Tuesday, January 13, 2009 12:00 AM

Criticisms, political pressure and Barack Obama

The president-elect's advisors respond to the firestorm created by Sunday's remarks on Guantanamo, illustrating the value of criticizing Obama when he deserves it.
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Tuesday, January 13, 2009 07:49 AM

    intheevent

    To make the claim that Obama "...made no mention..." of closing gitmo asap is factually incorrect.

    I didn't say he made no mention of closing Guantanamo ASAP. I said he made no mention that he'd sign an Executive Order on the very first day in office directing that it be closed. That's what was leaked for the NYT article.

    Saying you want to closing Gitmo "ASAP" is meaningless. Bush officials said that frequently.

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