October 6, 2009: Obama Searches for a Gitmo Scapegoat

Pictured: Beta-Male-In-Chief (l) and Greg "The Gitmo Fall Guy" Craig (r)

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Now Reuters points out that Obama's Gitmo strategy isn't working out as planned. In other words, it is a failure of the Obama Administration:

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said on Tuesday that it would be tough to meet the fast-approaching January deadline to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, that houses terrorism suspects.

President Barack Obama ordered the controversial detention camp closed on his second day in office and gave administration officials a year to do it, but they have since run into numerous legal, political and diplomatic hurdles.

"It's going to be difficult for us to make the January 22 deadline," Holder told reporters, quickly adding that they would still try to meet the goal.

Obama needs a scapegoat! Looks like he's already found one:

Greg Craig, the top in-house lawyer for President Barack Obama, is getting the blame for botching the strategy to shut down Guantanamo Bay prison by January — so much so that he’s expected to leave the White House in short order.

But sources familiar with the process believe Craig is being set-up as the fall guy and say the blame for missing the deadline extends well beyond him.

Instead, it was a widespread breakdown on the political, legislative, policy and planning fronts that contributed to what is shaping up as one of Obama’s most high-profile setbacks, these people say.

Source: Politico