Holder Gets the Ball Rolling on Detainees

Slated to visit Guantanamo today, Attorney General Eric Holder this morning created a Department of Justice task force to review the cases of detainees and make recommendations on what to do with them as the prison's mandated closure looms. The task force will report to a panel of high-level officials from the Departments of State, Defense, and Homeland Security, as well as the offices of the Director of National Intelligence and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Interestingly enough, the task force's Executive Director, Matthew G. Olsen, became a senior member the department's National Security Division during Alberto Gonzales's tenure as AG in 2006.