Obama administration rushing to shrink ranks at Guantanamo
Monday, June 6, 2016
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is running out of time and options to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba, so officials are scrambling to release as many prisoners as possible and considering novel legal strategies that include allowing some men to strike plea deals by video-teleconference and sending others to foreign countries to be prosecuted.
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