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Suspected terrorists and Guantanamo Bay.

Hello again, I'm Mormon Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

A daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

President Obama says he is still committed to closing the prison at Guantanamo Bay,

but that's where his first military tribunal is going to be held.

The likely suspect is the alleged mastermind of the bombing of the U.S. destroyer Cole in the year 2000,

which killed 17 American sailors.

The president's latest moves have effectively formalized the indefinite detention he criticized as a candidate.

Some inmates have been held at Guantanamo for almost 10 years.

Today we'll discuss national security, the law, human rights, and partisan politics.

On reporter's notebook later on Peter King and Muslim Americans.

First, here's the news.

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Hello again, Warren. I'll be back with To the Point.

Candidate Barack Obama said there was a better way to treat suspected terrorists than indefinite detention at Guantanamo Bay.

But now, a longtime Guantanamo detainee will face a

military tribunal under the Obama administration. We'll hear the pros and cons. On reporter's

notebook, tomorrow's Capitol Hill hearing into alleged Muslim-American extremism has been called a

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