50 or more Guantanamo trials possible

US Attorney General Eric Holder said today there may be 50 or more trials of Guantanamo Bay detainees as the Obama administration works to shut the US detention centre by early next year.

Holder discussed the plan before the Senate Judiciary Committee, where the senior Republican called him “too soft” on terrorism while a second Republican lawmaker said he was on the right track in handling detainees.