U.S. President Barack Obama will sign a series of Executive Orders Thursday ordering the closure of the military facility at the naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba within a year.
At issue is the fate of the detainees held there. Obama Wednesday in his first full day in office ordered a 120-day halt to military tribunals at the facility. Former U.S. attorney David Igelsias, meanwhile, was hired by the Office of Military Commissions to prosecute the detainees.
Iglesias did not indicate whether the detainees would enter the civilian court system or continue in the military tribunal system, just not at the Guantanamo Bay facility.