Here's another one for the "If Bush had done this there would have been outrage" category.
From Washington Post (thanks to Cryptogon)
President Obama signed an executive order Monday that will create a formal system of indefinite detention for those held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who continue to pose a significant threat to national security. The administration also said it will start new military commission trials for detainees there.
The announcements, coming more than two years after Obama vowed in another executive order to close the detention center, all but cements Guantanamo Bay's continuing role in U.S. counterterrorism policy.
Administration officials said the president is still committed to closing the prison, although he made no mention of that goal in a short statement Monday.
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Just as a reminder...
Here was Obama on Guantanamo Bay before he was elected. This is candidate Obama talking...
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That's not "change we can believe in."
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