U.S., Minister for Justice: Guantanamo closed, perhaps by summer

Yesterday - 08.44 The U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said the purchase by the government of a prison in Illinois, where they will be transferred to the Guantanamo detainees, facilitating the closing of the transactions discussed prison, perhaps even before the summer. Continue reading this Story Holder spoke at a press conference at the Justice Department and said that the acquisition of Thomson Correctional Center in the northwestern part of Illinois, "will be of great help" to the closing of the prison military at Guantanamo Bay. Holder, initially, had spoken of the coming months as the deadline for closure of Guantanamo, only to be related, in a brief interview with Reuters, the summer or early fall. The U.S. Attorney said that the purchase of the prison in Illinois "actually removes a major obstacle" to close the military prison at Guantanamo. Shortly after taking office, U.S. President Barack Obama promised to close Guantanamo prison opened by the Bush administration to accommodate suspected terrorists, by 22 January 2010. The United States has often been criticized for the opening of the prison where, according to critics, the detainees are held in jail without trials and years where the interrogations are carried out with similar techniques torture. Obama has confirmed last month that the limit of 22 January will not be respected and the same Holder had made reference to problems of legal, political and diplomatic channels to which it was not possible to meet that deadline.'s statements come Holder Obama administration after the announcement of the purchase of the prison in Illinois, which will host some of the detainees at Guantanamo that will be tried in court. Just the decision to bring the accused of terrorism on U.S. soil has aroused strong criticism of the Republicans, who consider a threat to national security process these detainees, including the man accused of being the mastermind of the attacks of 11 September in the criminal courts. - On site www.reuters.it other news Reuters in Italian. The top news also on www.twitter.com / reuters_italia