The Obama Administration, eager for a public showing of a clean break with Bush Administration policy on terrorism, Gauntanamo Bay, and torture, issued an executive order today announcing an official intention to close Gitmo..

The Obama break also ordered that Justice Department officials can no longer rely on memos issued 2001 through 2009 which defined and allowed some enhanced questioning techniques..

Seantors from the Midwest also upset tonight: Republicans are openly critical of the Obama plan because it lacks details on where the detainees that are in Gitmo are going to go! Transferred to the shores of America.. but what state? What prison? What about those deemed 'too dangerous' to be in general population? How would fellow non-terrorism suspects react to prisoners transferred from Gitmo to a new cell?

The questions continue to abound.

NEWSWEEK magazine's Michael Isokoff reported today that intelligence officials broke with Obama in pre-executive order hours.. The order went through regardless..

Obama issued another order regarding the Freedom of Information Act..

The White House messages of the day: Transparency and a break with the eight years of President Bush..