This is a Pleasant Surprise

If true....

We now have reports that Barack Obama will issue an executive order closing Guantánamo in his first week in office.

It would be nice. It would be nicer still if it were implemented immediately.

I think that the former is likely, but I think that the shut down process will take 12-18 months.

Additionally, Glenn Greenwald notes increasing indications that the closing of the camp won't result in real trials for real criminals, and that they are still working on an extrajudicial trial system which will allow the use of torture evidence.