re: #214 Ward Cleaver

I’m wondering if there will be a showdown?

Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell said at a briefing today that “this department will be in full compliance with the president’s executive order… . And so while that executive order is in force and effect, trust me there will be no proceedings continuing down at Gitmo with military commissions.”

Susan Crawford, the Pentagon official who approves charges and refers cases to trial, can withdraw charges, an action that would halt proceedings without reference to the judge. It would also allow the government to reinstate charges either in a military commission in Guantanamo or in federal court or military court if it decides to abolish the exiting system of prosecuting detainees.

washingtonpost.com