On his first day in office, President Obama ordered that the Guantanamo Bay detention camp be closed within a year. He failed to keep his promise, either by the end of 2009 or any of his subsequent seven years in the White House. In January, James Mattis, the US defence secretary, was given 90 days by President Trump to devise a new plan to expand the camp, commonly known as Gitmo. Since then, Mr Mattis has presented plans to the White House to send new detainees to the US naval base in Cuba. James Mattis set out his plan Jacquelyn Martin/APThe former general said this…

Source: The Times May 04, 2018 15:56 UTC