The BBC offers a cynical view from a former Guantanamo inmate who doesn’t believe in the motion until he sees something tangible happening.

“The fact is, saying this for me is too little, too late. We need to hear much more than the halting or suspension of this process. … because we have been here before - Bush has stated he wanted Guantanamo closed.”

ProPublica brings up an immediate impact the act on Guantanamo drew upon another similar U.S. detention facility. It reports four detainees at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan are asking a federal judge to grant them the same privileges enjoyed by Guantánamo inmates:

“Though most of Bagram’s prisoners were collared in battle, the four petitioners say they were captured like their counterparts at Guantánamo (abroad), detained like them (without charges) and allegedly treated like them (tortured). Human Rights Watch estimates that as many as 20 Bagram detainees are in that situation.”

Reuters reports European countries have split opinions when it comes to helping the Obama administration pursue its mission. A key concern is to find a shelter for some of the remaining 245 prisoners.

“America created Guantanamo. It has to come up with the solution,” Austrian Interior Minister Maria Fekter was quoted.

Reuters adds: “Some EU countries consider now is the moment for the bloc to drop its refusal to take in detainees who are not EU nationals or residents, as the president who initiated the "war on terror" leaves office and with his successor expected to say he will close the camp.”

The New York Times launched a searchable database on more than 200 detainees being held at the Guantanamo Naval Base in Cuba. The database contains government documents on all of the prisoners the Pentagon has acknowledged have been held at Gitmo.

The Washington Post points out different reactions toward the order from the involved parties, both criticisms and supports:

“The motion prompted a clear sense of disappointment among some of the military officials here who had tried to make a success of the system, despite charges that the military tribunals were a legal netherworld. … But the action was cheered by military and civilian defense attorneys.”