Andy Worthington on President Obama's distressing decision to endorse indefinite detention at Guantanamo - and to revive military trials.

This week’s column has been what’s commonly referred to as a ‘slow burner’ but, I hope, for good reason. A few weeks ago, Professor Anthony Glees, a terrorism expert based at Buckingham University, myself and the Guardian’s Afua Hirsch took part in a debate on control orders on Channel 4′s flagship ‘10 O’clock live’ show, and although I felt it necessary to counter the “arguments” that were made by Pr Glees, I didn’t want to rush into a precipitated, hasty re-joinder.

Andy Worthington reports on how President Obama and the US Congress have both failed the Guantanamo prisoners.

Andy Worthington examines Obama's capitulation on indefinite detention without charge or trial for Guantanamo prisoners in his recent news conference.

Andy Worthington explains why new legislation endorsing indefinite detention for "War on Terror" prisoners is a bad idea.

The Obama administration is in danger of entrenching some of the most draconian aspects of the Bush administration's controversial national security policy, warns a new report, [press release] from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) released Thursday.