DEFENSE/GUANTANAMO/ISIS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Pentagon has missed a deadline for coming up with new policies regarding detainees captured on the battlefield and the transfer of those individuals to Guantanamo Bay, a deadline set by a January 30 executive order signed by President Donald Trump…Trump’s executive order said Secretary of Defense James Mattis should ‘recommend policies to the President’ on this issue ‘within 90 days.’ Asked about the deadline, Mattis told reporters Monday [4-30-18] that ‘right now I’m not working that issue.’ The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces have captured over 400 foreign fighters during their campaign against ISIS, according to US defense officials. One of those detainees included a militant with links to the 9/11 terrorist attacks.”
-Ryan Browne, “Pentagon misses Trump’s Guantanamo Bay deadline,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, May 2, 2018 5:12 am