Gitmo 2.0 Called 'Disaster': Draft Executive Order Reveals Trump Plan to Expand Offshore Prison

By
admin

A draft executive order reported to be circulating within the Trump White House calls for keeping the notorious Guantánamo Bay prison open and allowing for individuals associated with the Islamic State (ISIS) to be sent there—a plan described by one expert as “toxic policy” and “a national security disaster.”

“Guantánamo 2.0 would be a national security disaster, fueling ISIS recruitment for years to come. It is another toxic policy that will distract and dismay but serve no useful purpose.” —Shelby Sullivan-Bennis, Reprieve

The New York Times reported Wednesday on the document, Protecting America Through Lawful Detention of Terrorists and Other Designated Enemy Elements, the latest “in an evolving series of drafts” that is “being circulated among national security officials for comment.”

New to this version is a statement that rescinds President Barack Obama’s 2009 executive order calling for the prison to be closed.

It also directs the Secretary of Defense to keep the facility open to house enemy combatants from conflicts with “al Qaeda, the Taliban, and associated forces, including individuals and networks associated with the Islamic State.” It also allows for them to be held in “other facilities.”

But holding ISIS combatants at Guantánamo could put the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF), which the Obama administration used to claim legality for its war on the Islamic State, under legal scrutiny.

Robert Chesney writes at Lawfare that “it already is established that habeas jurisdiction applies to all GTMO [Guantánamo] detainees. As a result, bringing an Islamic State captive to GTMO almost certainly will result in federal judges weighing in for the first time on whether the 2001 AUMF properly extends to the Islamic State.” The judges, he writes, are likely to agree that the AUMF does cover ISIS, but that is not guaranteed.

Times reporter Charlie Savage quotes Jack Goldsmith, a Harvard Law School professor and former senior Justice Department official in the Bush administration, who said: “If a judge says the Sept. 11 authorization does not cover such a detention, it would not only make that detention unlawful, it would weaken the legal basis for the entire war against the Islamic State.”

Savage adds: “Congress has continued to give no sign that it has the will or the consensus to explicitly authorize war on the Islamic State.”

NPR also reported Wednesday that “far from winding down, Guantanamo’s prison complex these days is gearing up. Construction projects suggests its ‘expeditionary’ era is ending and the notorious prison complex may be there to stay.”

According to Shelby Sullivan-Bennis, an attorney with human rights organization Reprieve who represents multiple Guantánamo inmates, “Guantánamo 2.0 would be a national security disaster, fueling ISIS recruitment for years to come. It is another toxic policy that will distract and dismay but serve no useful purpose. President Trump seems determined to squander his presidency on a futile fight with the courts, the law, and basic human decency.”

The offshore prison is now in its 16th year of operation, and is where, according to Jeremy Varon with Witness Against Torture, “America has institutionalized the idea of indefinite detention without charge or trial.” President Trump, however, has vowed to “load up” the prison with “bad dudes.”

Via Common Dreams. This piece was reprinted by RINF Alternative News with permission or license.

Views: 43

Comment

You need to be a member of 12160 Social Network to add comments!

Join 12160 Social Network

"Destroying the New World Order"

TOP CONTENT THIS WEEK

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE SITE!

mobile page

12160.info/m

12160 Administrators

 

Latest Activity

Doc Vega posted a blog post

In Memory of Those Who Served

 Bullets flew and ricochetedI was on that hill todayMy Company commander got blown awayI was on…See More
22 hours ago
Doc Vega posted blog posts
Tuesday
Doc Vega commented on Doc Vega's blog post Plausible Explanation Behind Recent Cryptid Sightings in the Wild!
"cheeki kea I was wrong Emperor Penguins are big and powerful but still alive but this,  A size…"
Tuesday
Doc Vega commented on Doc Vega's blog post Plausible Explanation Behind Recent Cryptid Sightings in the Wild!
"Cheeki kea here's another that they say there have been modern sightings of!  The name of…"
Tuesday
Doc Vega commented on Doc Vega's blog post Plausible Explanation Behind Recent Cryptid Sightings in the Wild!
"cheeki kea, did you ever hear of the giant Imperial Penguins? They were about 6 feet tall and could…"
Tuesday
Doc Vega commented on Doc Vega's blog post Plausible Explanation Behind Recent Cryptid Sightings in the Wild!
"cheeki kea I do not think these giant two legged birds would need to have a bad attitude as long as…"
Tuesday
Olivia Brooks updated their profile
Tuesday
John Miller was featured
Tuesday
tjdavis's 2 blog posts were featured
Tuesday
Zfort Group's blog post was featured
Tuesday
Doc Vega's 6 blog posts were featured
Tuesday
Burbia commented on tjdavis's video
Thumbnail

“What’s His Motive?” - Inside The Mind of George Soros

"Trump calls for George Soros and son to face federal…"
Tuesday
Burbia commented on tjdavis's photo
Tuesday
Profile IconSeeta Sathe and Olivia Brooks joined 12160 Social Network
Tuesday
tjdavis posted a video

Mossad, Terrifying CIA Technology, Blackwater & The Most Secret CIA Unit | John Kiriakou

John Kiriakou served 15 years in the CIA as a Case Officer (Spy) and as CIA's Head of Counterterrorism Operations in Pakistan where he lead the raid that cap...
Monday
tjdavis posted a photo
Monday
tjdavis posted a video

A Critique of the Tavistock Institute - The Mother Of All Conspiracy Theories

An examination of the Tavistock Institute, a theory which seeks to explain how Western societies have been brainwashed by a cabal of social scientists and th...
Sunday
tjdavis posted a video

“What’s His Motive?” - Inside The Mind of George Soros

In this short clip, Patrick Bet-David, Sebastian Gorka Adam Sosnick, and Tom Ellsworth George Soros and what motivates him to do the things he does. FaceTime...
Aug 27
Doc Vega posted blog posts
Aug 27
cheeki kea favorited Bob of the Family Renner's photo
Aug 26

© 2025   Created by truth.   Powered by

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Terms of Service

content and site copyright 12160.info 2007-2019 - all rights reserved. unless otherwise noted