Holt reacts to Obama Guantanamo Bay decision

by: Jason Springer

Sat Jan 24, 2009 at 05:47:12 PM EST

"President Obama promised to take swift action to bring this sorry chapter in our nation's history to an end, and today he took the first, significant steps to do so. Today's orders will begin the process of putting our detainee policies back on sound legal footing while maintaining our ability to get actionable intelligence," said Rep. Rush Holt, D-Hopewell Township. "I am confident that the Obama administration will continue to restore our nation's credibility and moral leadership."

"When he was an Illinois State Senator, Barack Obama supported legislation to require law enforcement to videotape those in custody to get the best results of interrogations and to document the procedures and treatment followed. I urge him to support my legislation, passed last year in the House of Representatives, to require the recording of all interrogations of those in American custody."