"In his press conference Tuesday, President Obama repeated that he wanted to shut Guantanamo Bay but blamed Congress for stopping him. "They would not let us close it," he said. But that's wrong. President Obama can lawfully release the detainees if he wants to. Congress has made it difficult, but not impossible. Whatever he's saying, the president does not want to close the detention center—at least not yet."*
Obama has repeatedly said he wants to close Guantanamo, but he took no action. Now, are people who previously opposed the inhumane treatment inside changing their tune because it's what Obama "wants?" Why won't he close it and let the detainees who have been CLEARED out of Gitmo's walls? Cenk Uygur breaks it down.