Do you mean Republican attempts to imprison them for life without a trial?
Now that's something Bush/Cheney were chomping at the bit to do!
Republican you say?
http://www.aclu.org/national-security/president-obama-issues-executive-order-institutionalizing-indefinite-detentionPresident Obama Issues Executive Order Institutionalizing Indefinite DetentionAdministration Also Announces It Will Use Military Commissions For New Terrorism Cases
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NEW YORK – President Obama today issued an executive order that permits ongoing indefinite detention of Guantánamo detainees while establishing a periodic administrative review process for them. The administration also announced it will lift the ban on bringing new military commissions charges against detainees that don’t already have ongoing cases in the substandard system.