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by Stuart Taylor

Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009

The 221 mass murderers, wrongly imprisoned innocents, and possibly dangerous in-betweens still at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp (at this writing) rank among the most vexing messes that President Obama inherited from his predecessor.

But this mess also presented Obama with the opportunity to seek detailed legislation to put on a sound legal footing the long-term, noncriminal detentions of the many at Guantanamo who are provably dangerous enemy fighters but...