[JURIST] President Barack Obama on Friday signed a bill barring the transfer of Guantanamo detainees [press release] to the US for trial. The Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act of 2011 [HR 6523] authorizes funding for defense interests abroad, military construction and national security-related energy programs. However, sections 1032 and 1033 [text, PDF] impose significant setbacks to the Obama administration’s self-imposed deadline [JURIST report] for closing the military prison at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive]. Specifically, section 1032 bars the…