vendredi 24 mai 2013

Obama lève le moratoire sur le transfert des détenus de Guantanamo



Obama agit à l'intérieur des limites de ses pouvoirs en attendant une coopération avec le Congrès. Guantanamo est une page controversée de l'histoire américaine, Obama pouvait-il bouger plus vite et plus tôt? S'il ne peut fermer Guantanamo, il va réduire sensiblement la population de ce centre de détention.

 "While it was far from clear that Mr. Obama’s aim to shutter the prison — which he tried but failed to close in his first term — would be achieved anytime soon, he also began a renewed push to winnow down the 166-inmate population.

Transfers of low-level detainees dried up after Congress imposed steep restrictions in January 2011, and the administration has to date not used its ability to issue case-by-case waivers to those restrictions. That has stranded 86 detainees who have been approved for transfer if security conditions could be met.

 Of those, 56 are from Yemen, where Mr. Obama had forbidden transfers after a branch of Al Qaeda based in Yemen tried to bomb a Detroit-bound airliner on Dec. 25, 2009. In his national security address, Mr. Obama said it was now time to allow transfers to Yemen on a case-by-case basis.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/24/us/politics/obama-lifts-moratorium-on-transfer-of-some-detainees.html?nl=todaysheadlines&adxnnl=1&emc=edit_th_20130524&adxnnlx=1369400485-NzGszOHvSybuSgISdoCCTA

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