A reliable French journalist said yesterday what she learned “from the White House staff”:
- President Obama had “a comprehensive plan to close Guantanamo”;
- He was supposed to announce it “2 days before the terror attacks” in Paris but had to “postpone it a little” due to legal details;
- An impeachment procedure was expected from Republicans following this announcement (and therefore a violent political battle with the Republican primaries as background);
- Paris’ attacks changed everything and the plan is postponed.
The source:
Laurence Haïm has been a White House correspondent for years and she is the president of the White House foreign corps association. She got a one-on-one 17-minutes long interview with President Obama yesterday, probably the biggest achievement of her career. Following the interview, she talked to a news anchor and revealed the Guantanamo plan. This morning, she talked again about it and called it a breaking news. She added that “President Obama really wants to close Guantanamo”.
I followed her for years and I believe her.
Bad timing happens, nobody could have known when the next big terror attacks would take place.
Tuesday, Feb 23, 2016 · 3:48:41 PM +00:00
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Jyrki
The announcement today from President Obama tends to prove that this was true. I’m proud of our President (and I’m proud I've been the first on DKos to disclose it).
The American MSM missed this story completely.