The order would cover prisoners at the camp for terror suspects at the US naval base in Cuba whom the administration judges are “too dangerous to be freed” or unable to be brought to trial, as it works to close the camp.

The United States President Barack Obama’s administration is mulling the use of indefinite detention without trial for some detainees at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, White House Official said.

The order would cover prisoners at the camp for terror suspects at the US naval base in Cuba whom the administration judges are “too dangerous to be freed” or unable to be brought to trial, as it works to close the camp.

The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that the draft order had not yet been presented formally to President Barack Obama, so was some way from going into force.
The official added that those detainees could be allowed along with their lawyers to challenge the basis for continued incarceration.

One of Obama's first acts on taking office in January 2009 was to vow to close Guantanamo Bay, which he sees as a prime recruiting tool for Al-Qaeda, within a year. But his hopes were met by opposition from lawmakers.
In a speech at the US National Archives in May 2009, the US president said that a way must be found to provide defensible and lawful standards for suspects deemed “too dangerous to release” but who cannot be tried.

He called at the time for a process of periodic review so any order of indefinite detention was carefully and periodically evaluated.
In the same speech, Obama also advocated a mix of civilian trials and reformed military commissions to try suspects, most of whom are left over from the previous Bush administration's "war on terror."