Detainees From The War On Terror

Connecticut Public Radio

Published December 20, 2011 at 11:23 AM EST

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President Obama promised to close the Guantanamo Bay prison, used to hold suspected terrorists. Ten years after 9/11...we’re seemingly no closer to a resolution about how to handle these detainees.

Attorney General Eric Holder went out on a limb - calling for civilian trials - only to have his idea ditched by the administration.

Glenn Sulmasy, a Professor of Law at the United States Coast Guard Academy has been studying this issue for years...he recently wrote a San Fransisco Chronicle opinion piece examining the issue.

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