Extrajudicial detention, U.S., Barack Obama Administration

Barack Obama, on taking office as President of the United States, faced the reality of several hundred prisoners in extrajudicial detention at Guantanamo Bay detention camp, and possibly others at U.S. facilities in Afghanistan and Iraq. He had made a campaign promise to close Guantanamo, which has not happened in his first year but the Administration is moving to do so. Some prisoners have been freed, some deported, five associated directly with the 9-11 Attack scheduled to be tried in Federal court, and no decision has been made for others.