Obama Administration Might Hold Non-Afghan Detainees at Bagram Indefinitely After Prison Transfer | CommonDreams.org

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Obama Administration Might Hold Non-Afghan Detainees at Bagram Indefinitely After Prison Transfer

Administration Should Not Re-Create Gitmo, Says ACLU

NEW YORK - June 9 - According to a Los Angeles Times report, a senior U.S. official said the Obama administration wants to detain and interrogate non-Afghan terrorism suspects captured in countries outside Afghanistan in a section of the Bagram prison, even after it turns the prison over to Afghan control. The proposal is reportedly in the early stages of development.

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