6-590: The Guantanamo Review Task Force was created by Executive Order 13492 issued by President of the United States Barack Obama on January 22, 2009, his second full day in office. United States Attorney General Eric Holder announced Matthew G. Olsen as Executive Director of the task force on February 20, 2009. The task force was charged with determining which Guantánamo detainees can be transferred (released), which can be prosecuted for crimes they may have committed, and, if neither of those
12-503: Is possible, recommending other lawful means for disposition of the detainees. The task force was an inter-agency task force, with the U.S. Department of Justice coordinating the efforts of officials from the U.S. Department of Defense , the U.S. Department of State , and the Department of Homeland Security . The final report was issued January 22, 2010, but not publicly released until May 28, 2010. The Washington Post reported that
18-403: The "administration sat on the report in the wake of the attempted bombing of a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas Day because there was little public or congressional appetite for further discussion of its plan to close the military detention center." Of the 240 detainees considered, the report recommended that 126 detainees should be transferred to their home country or to another country that
24-651: The White House . Executive Order 13492 Executive Order 13492 , titled Review and Disposition of Individuals Detained at the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base and Closure of Detention Facilities , is an Executive Order that was signed by United States President Barack Obama on 22 January 2009, ordering the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba . This was signed at
30-465: The same time as Executive Order 13493 , in which Obama ordered the identification of alternative venues for the detainees. The Executive Order instructed for the immediate review of the statuses of all individuals detained at the Guantanamo Bay naval base, with the intent to move them out of the facility (either by transferring them, prosecuting them, or by other "lawful means, consistent with
36-467: Was willing to accept them, 36 be prosecuted in either federal court or a military commission , 48 be held indefinitely under the laws of war and 30 Yemenis should be approved for transfer if security conditions in Yemen improved. As of January 2017, 41 detainees remain at Guantanamo. Congressional Representative Frank Wolf criticized the task force claiming it was subjected to political interference from
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