Trump administration readies draft executive order on Guantanamo Bay

Source: Washington Post

By Missy Ryan and Carol Morello January 25 at 10:24 PM

The Trump administration may soon issue an executive order that would reiterate President Trump’s intention to keep the military prison at Guantanamo Bay in operation, U.S. officials said on Thursday.

Administration officials have been developing a draft measure that, if finalized, would rescind another executive order that then-President Barack Obama signed in 2009, promising to shutter the prison, one official said. It might also include other elements of the Trump administration’s detention policy.

At the State Department, officials are preparing a draft cable that would alert U.S. embassies overseas of the new order, another official said. Both officials spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter on the record.

“We are always looking to protect the American people from terrorist threats,” the second official said.

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