Who wants to close Gitmo?
Firedoglake blogger Marcy Wheeler reports that in 2007 then-Congressman Rahm Emanuel signed a letter to President George W. Bush calling for the closure of Guantánamo and an end to the indefinite detention of terrorism suspects. Emanuel, now White House chief of staff, reportedly advised President Barack Obama not to promise to close Gitmo within a year of taking office and is currently in negotiations with Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on a deal to shutter the prison, which the Wall Street Journal says is “near.” But House minority leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) told CNN that he would not vote to close the prison at Guantánamo Bay “if you put a gun to my head.” Plus, a feud has broken out between CIA counterterrorism officials and the Justice Department. The CIA says Justice Department lawyers supported an effort to give Guantánamo Bay detainees photographs of CIA interrogators in order to be able to identify them. Obama threatens to veto major intelligence bill Obama threatened to veto
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