Connect to share and comment  US hearings to weigh fate of 71
Guantanamo inmates   US authorities plan to hold long-deferred
hearings for dozens of detainees held at Guantanamo to decide if
they still pose a threat to the United States, the Pentagon said
Monday.  President Barack Obama had ordered the review boards
back in March, 2011 but it has taken more than two years for US
government agencies to finally carry out the plan, with rights
groups criticizing the administration for the delay.  The
announcement follows renewed pledges from Obama to close the
controversial Guantanamo jail, despite opposition from some
members of Congress, and comes against the backdrop of a hunger
strike by dozens of detainees.  The review hearings will apply
to 71 of the 166 men held at the prison at the US naval base in
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Todd
Breasseale said.  Most of that group have been designated as too
dangerous to release but have not been charged with any crime as
there is not enough perm