Guantanamo

There are 192 detainees left at Guantanamo: 50 will be held indefinitely by the Obama administration; about 100+ are eligible for release but it could take a while as the Yemen bomber story has led Obama to slow down releases; and 35 are eligible for trial (either in civilian or military courts).

This article is good on this story:

The prison camp has held about 770 prisoners since it opened eight years ago, according to statistics provided by an administration official, who agreed to detail the review only on the condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to speak publicly. As of Thursday, the Pentagon was holding 192 foreign captives at Guantanamo across a range of prison camps, including seven in a special segregation site for those whom federal judges have ordered to be released.

Nearly 580 have been released over the years, according to the official. "More than 530" of those were released during the administration of President George W. Bush, the official said.

Like Bush, Obama has invoked Congress' authority to wage war and take prisoners after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks as legal justification for holding the 50. A key distinction: The Obama administration has embraced federal court review — called habeas corpus — to examine the intelligence agencies' justification for holding the men, while the Bush administration fought the right of Guantanamo detainees to sue for their freedom, twice to the U.S. Supreme Court, and lost.

A related piece accusing Pelosi of knowing about waterboarding under Bush and not doing anything to block it.