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Wide of US President Barack Obama, vice-president Joe Biden and retired military officers2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Barack Obama, US President:\"In order to effect the appropriate disposition of...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eWashington DC, US - 22 January 2009\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide of US President Barack Obama, vice-president Joe Biden and retired military officers\u003cbr/\u003e2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Barack Obama, US President:\u003cbr/\u003e\"In order to effect the appropriate disposition of individuals currently detained by the Department of Defence at Guantanamo, and promptly to close the detention facility at Guantanamo, consistent with the national security and foreign policy interests of the United States and the interests of justice, I hereby order ... and we then provide the process whereby Guantanamo will be closed no later than one year from now.\"\u003cbr/\u003eFILE: Guantanamo Bay, Cuba - Date Unknown\u003cbr/\u003e3. Mid shot, sign at camp gate at Guantanamo base\u003cbr/\u003e4. Tilt up shot of guard patrolling through cells\u003cbr/\u003eWashington DC, US - 22 January 2009\u003cbr/\u003e5. Pan and zoom in to Obama signing executive order to close Guantanamo Bay\u003cbr/\u003e6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Barack Obama, US President:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Any interrogations taking place are going to have to abide by the Army Field Manual. We believe that the Army Field Manual reflects the best judgement of our military, that we can abide by a rule that says we don't torture, but that we can still effectively obtain the intelligence that we need. This is me following through on, not just a commitment I made during the campaign, but I think an understanding that dates back to our Founding Fathers, that we are willing to observe core standards of conduct, not just when it's easy, but also when it's hard.\"\u003cbr/\u003e7. Close-up of Obama signing executive order, UPSOUND: Obama \"There we go\", officials applaud\u003cbr/\u003e8. Pan from media to Obama\u003cbr/\u003e9. Mid of Obama signing third executive order, pull out to wide \u003cbr/\u003e10. Close-up Vice President Joe Biden watching\u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE (English) Barack Obama, US President:\u003cbr/\u003e\"The message that we are sending around the world is that the United States intends to prosecute the ongoing struggle against violence and terrorism, and we are going to do so vigilantly, we are going to do so effectively and we are going to do so in a manner that is consistent with our values and our ideals.\"\u003cbr/\u003eFILE: Guantanamo Bay, Cuba - Date Unknown\u003cbr/\u003e12. Mid shot detainees through fence\u003cbr/\u003eWashington DC, US - 22 January 2009\u003cbr/\u003e13. SOUNDBITE (English) Barack Obama, US President:\u003cbr/\u003e\"We are not, as I said in the inauguration, going to continue with a false choice between our safety and our ideals.  We think that it is precisely our ideals that give us the strength and the moral high ground to be able to effectively deal with the unthinking violence that you see emanating from terrorist organisations from around the world.  We intend to win this fight; we are going to win it on our terms. \"\u003cbr/\u003e14. SOUNDBITE (English) Sarah Mendelson, Director, Human Rights and Security Initiative, Centre for Strategic and International Studies:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I think it is a great first step to closing the detention facility. The draft that I saw calls for a full review of all the files.\"\u003cbr/\u003eFILE: Guantanamo Bay, Cuba - Date Unknown\u003cbr/\u003e15. Mid shot detainee through fence\u003cbr/\u003eWashington DC, US - 22 January 2009\u003cbr/\u003e16. SOUNDBITE (English) Sarah Mendelson, Director, Human Rights and Security Initiative, Centre for Strategic and International Studies:\u003cbr/\u003e\"We need President Obama to absolutely encourage the review panel to do everything possible to sort the detainees into two categories; if we go down that third route, European allies will not be willing to help us.'\u003cbr/\u003eWashington, DC - 22 January 2009\u003cbr/\u003e17. Wide shot of Senate hearing room, Retired Admiral Dennis Blair shaking hands with Senator Dianne Feinstein, at US Senate Intelligence Committee hearing\u003cbr/\u003e18. SOUNDBITE: (English) Retired Admiral Dennis Blair, nominee for US Director of National Intelligence:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Torture is not moral, it is not legal, it is not effective. (The) US government will have a clear and consistent standard for treatment of detainees.  The Guantanamo Detention Centre will be closed, it has become a damaging symbol.\"\u003cbr/\u003e19. Mid shot of US Senate Intelligence Committee hearing\u003cbr/\u003eMoving quickly to reverse many former Bush administration policies, US President Barack Obama signed orders on  Thursday to close the Guantanamo Bay prison, to review military trials of terror suspects, and to ban torture as a method of interrogation of suspects.\u003cbr/\u003eObama's three executive orders and presidential directive reshape how the United States prosecutes and questions al-Qaida, Taliban or other \"terrorist\" suspects.\u003cbr/\u003eThey also mark a reversal of eight years of a secretive Bush administration policies that authorised harsh interrogations, the secret kidnapping and transferring of terror suspects, and a domestic surveillance programme.\u003cbr/\u003e\"This is me following through on, not just a commitment I made during the campaign, but I think an understanding that dates back to our founding fathers, that we are willing to observe core standards of conduct, not just when it's easy, but also when it's hard,\" Obama said.\u003cbr/\u003e\"We intend to win this fight. We're going to win it on our terms,\" the US leader added. \u003cbr/\u003eObama signed the order to shut down the Guantanamo prison within a year on his second day in office.\u003cbr/\u003eA draft copy of the order, obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press, notes that \"in view of significant concerns raised by these detentions, both within the United States and internationally, prompt and appropriate disposition of the individuals currently detained at Guantanamo and closure of the facility would further the national security and foreign policy interests of the United States and the interests of justice.\"\u003cbr/\u003eFormer detainees, human-rights advocates and government officials around the world welcomed the move.\u003cbr/\u003eIn other orders, Obama created a task force to recommend policies on handling terror suspects detained in the future, and directed personnel to follows the US Army Field Manual during interrogations. \u003cbr/\u003eThe manual prohibits threats, coercion and physical abuse, though the administration is planning a study of more aggressive interrogation methods that could be added to the manual.\u003cbr/\u003eThe administration already had suspended trials for Guantanamo inmates for 120 days pending a review of the military tribunals.\u003cbr/\u003eAn estimated 245 men are being held at the detention centre at the US naval base in Cuba, most of whom have been detained for years without trial.\u003cbr/\u003eSarah Mendelson, the Director of the Centre for Strategic and International Studies' Human Rights and Security Initiative, called Thursday's announcement \"a great first step.\"\u003cbr/\u003eBut Mendelson expressed concern about how detainees were going to be categorised.\u003cbr/\u003eShe said the expected category of detainees \"to be released\" or \"to be prosecuted\" appeared to have a third group in some drafts, which fit into neither group.  \u003cbr/\u003eIt was this third group, that could include detainees not slated for release or prosecution, that concerned Mendelson.\u003cbr/\u003e\"We need President Obama to absolutely encourage the review panel to do everything possible to sort the detainees into two categories; if we go down that third route European allies will not be willing to help us.\"\u003cbr/\u003eThe man nominated to oversee US intelligence told the US Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday that there would be no torture and no warrantless wiretapping on his watch.\u003cbr/\u003e\"The Guantanamo Detention Centre will be closed, it has become a damaging symbol,\" retired Admiral Dennis Blair told the committee, before Obama signed the executive orders.\u003cbr/\u003eLater on Thursday, Obama was visiting the State Department to meet with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and his top national security advisers to end a day focused on restoring the US image abroad.\u003cbr/\u003eThe Obama-Clinton meeting also was to include Vice President Joe Biden and national security adviser Jim 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