OBAMA ADMINISTRATION RUSHING TO SHRINK RANKS AT GUANTANAMO

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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US Helped Release Iranian Prisoners As Sweetener for Nuclear Talks

US Helped Release Iranian Prisoners As Sweetener for Nuclear Talks.... (we could have demanded our 4 prisoners returned) At least three Americans still held in Tehran as negotiations reach final stage The Obama administration helped to secure the release of several Iranians detained in the United States and the United Kingdom, some convicted of illegal arms smuggling, according to a report that comes as U.S. prisoners languish in Iranian jails.
The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday that, as part of a “wish list” Iran presented to the United States in 2009 before the current nuclear negotiations, U.S. officials helped expedite the release of four Iranian prisoners in 2012 and 2013. Three were convicted of illegally sending arms or other banned materials to Iran while the international community sought to enforce sanctions on the country’s nuclear program.


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