That proof attempt fails, because opening and closing are fundamentally different. To close, you have to find something to do with almost 200 occupants, many of home will not be allowed by their home countries to return. This problem does not arise on opening.
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[ 0.27 ms ] story [ 31.5 ms ] threadHe tried and was blocked by congress. On the rest of the points, I agree.
To prove this assertion - President Bush opened up Gitmo based on his role as Commander in Chief and didn't need to involve Congress.
I mean, he should be saying something, not having a deputy press secretary make a statement: http://www.whitehousedossier.com/2013/06/07/obama-silent-sur...;
Granted, that ended with: "My final point here: The president welcomes a discussion of the tradeoffs between security and civil liberties."