Guantanamo Closure Kicked Further Down the Road

Bloomberg: The U.S. may not be able to move all eligible detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to other countries before President Barack Obama’s January deadline for closing the prison, an Obama administration official said.



The effort to resettle prisoners has been hampered by legislation that bars their release in the U.S. through Sept. 30, said the official, who is familiar with the matter and spoke yesterday on condition of anonymity. American diplomats, trying to persuade other countries to take detainees before the deadline, are being asked why they should accept them when the U.S. won’t, the official said.