The Obama administration is keen on highlighting the progress it is making in closing down Gitmo. Naturally, it could count on the Washington Post (“Administration Makes Progress on Resettling Detainees“) to do its PR. The Post‘s account gives us a good sense of how the administration sees things in broad terms currently. But a close look reveals that all is far from settled, and the “progress” highlighted in the article’s title and opening lines is, in reality, rather limited.

According to the Post, there are 229 detainees remaining at Gitmo. But, “the cases of nearly 120 have yet to be reviewed.” That is, the administration has yet to review more than half (120 out of 229) of the Gitmo cases. There are about five months left until President Obama’s self-imposed deadline for closing Gitmo, and the administration isn’t even half way done with its work.