Guantanamo guards have adopted two new tortures for prisoners on hunger strike.

Obama is not "working on" releasing Shaker Aamer and the other prisoners. There is no "work" for him to do. He can order them released at any time, and the remaining bureaucratic work would be for others to do.

What's happening is that Obama refuses to release them, and wants to pretend he is not responsible for the decision. Quite a change from, "the buck stops here."