<![CDATA[Obama's Guantánamo Appeasement Plan]]>

1.0 link 207357 <![CDATA[Obama's Guantánamo Appeasement Plan]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marjorie-cohn/obamas-guantnamo-appeasem_b_207357.html Two days after his inauguration, President Obama pledged to close GuantÃ¡namo within one year. The Republicans, led by Senators John McCain, Mitch McConnell and Pat Roberts, immediately launched a concerted campaign to assail the new president. They claimed his plan would release dangerous terrorists into U.S. communities and allow released terrorists to resume fighting against our troops. Fox News agitator Sean Hannity and Bush team players like torture-memo lawyer John Yoo fill the airwaves and print media with paranoia.

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