Obama: Indefinite Gitmo detentions big challenge

[Terri]

By LARA JAKES
Associated Press
July 3, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama said Thursday he's uneasy about his own proposal to indefinitely imprison some of the most dangerous terror suspects being held now at Guantanamo Bay. He called it "one of the biggest challenges of my administration."

The president stopped short of abandoning his tentative idea of continuing to hold a small number of detainees in other prisons after Guantanamo closes, which is expected to happen early next year.

But Obama said he has strong reservations about detaining people without bringing them to trial -- a legal quagmire that dogged former President George W. Bush.

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[Tiberius]

Its alot different when you are sitting in the WH and have to make those hard decisions. Its rather fun to watch those like the ACLU and other groups claiming you cant do that.