Let me detain you for a moment...

Obama was supposed to close Guantanamo Bay. What happened to that?

Anyway, it's not just us foreigners who can be locked up and forgotten by the US military. American citizens can also be detained indefinitely without charge or trial. Obama signed a National Defense Authorization Act "affirming" previous powers allowing him to authorise this.

Americans can petition the relevant politicians.

"Whoever you vote for, the government gets in."