The disclosure that President Bush won’t shut down the American prison at Guantanamo Bay, despite his stated desire to do so, comes as no surprise—but it is still disappointing. This is one more problem that the next chief executive will inherit from the Bush administration.

Both Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain say they want to close the prison. With its indefinite-detention rules, denial of due process and inherent unfairness, the prison has become a symbol of everything that is wrong with the Bush war on terror. The next president, however, will be so busy taming the drago...

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