{"article":{"id":259901,"heading":"Close Guantanamo Now!","author":"Stephen Lendman","created":"2013-05-15 03:56:46","modified":"2013-11-11 01:11:54","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 08:11:54","article":"<p>Close Guantanamo Now! <br><br> by Stephen Lendman <br><br> As president and commander-in-chief, Obama has legal authority to do so. On May 3, New York City Bar president Carey R. Dunne wrote him. He did so on behalf of the organization he heads. <br><br> He called indefinite detention \"legally and morally indefensible.\" He said 25 retired military flag officers said it's \"an effective recruiting tool for our enemies.\" <br><br> He urged \"concrete steps to restart the process toward closure.\" <br><br> On May 7, the New York City Bar said \"Obama has the authority to close (Guantanamo) under Section 1028 of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2013&hellip;.\" <br><br> It<\/p>\n","contact":"lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net","link":"sjlendman.blogspot.com","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"police state","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2013\/05\/259901.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}