Gitmo close date tenuous

United States President Barack Obama may not be able to meet his stated goal of closing the much-criticised Guantanamo Bay prison by January as his Administration runs into daunting legal and logistical hurdles to moving the more than 220 detainees still there.

Senior Administration officials acknowledged for the first time on Saturday that difficulties in completing the lengthy review of detainee files and resolving other thorny questions mean the President's promised January deadline may slip.