Obama proposes to ship Guantanamo detainees to U.S.

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Source: CCTV.com | 11-11-2008 10:50

US President-elect Barack Obama's advisers said they are crafting a proposal to ship dozens of detainees from Guantanamo Bay to the US to face criminal trials.

In this June 6, 2008 file photo, reviewed by the U.S. Military, a guard stands at a gate at the Camp Delta detention compound, which has housed foreign prisoners since 2002, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

The plan would make good on Obama's promise to close the Guantanamo Bay prison but could require the creation of a controversial new system of justice.

Under the plan, some detainees would be released while many others would be prosecuted in US criminal courts.

A third group of detainees might have to go before a new court designed especially to handle sensitive national security cases.

The move would be a sharp deviation from the Bush administration, which established military tribunals to prosecute detainees at the Navy base in Cuba and strongly opposes bringing prisoners to the US.

Editor:Zhang Pengfei