WASHINGTON ( CNN ) -- President Barack Obama is planning to issue three executive orders Thursday , including one demanding the U.S. military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay be closed within a year , according to a senior administration official and a congressional aide . A guard keeps watch from a tower at the military facility at Guantanamo Bay , Cuba . A second executive order will formally ban torture by requiring the Army field manual be used as the guide for terror interrogations , essentially ending the Bush administration 's CIA program of enhanced interrogation methods . A third executive order , according to the officials , will order a systematic review of detention policies and procedures and a review of all individual cases . The officials said new White House Counsel Greg Craig was briefing congressional Republicans Wednesday afternoon about the three executive orders . `` We 've always said the process would include consultation , '' the senior administration official said of the closed-door meeting informing Republicans of the moves . The detention facility at Guantanamo Bay became a lightning rod for critics who charged that the Bush administration had used torture on terror detainees . President George W. Bush and other senior officials repeatedly denied that the U.S. government had used torture to extract intelligence from terror suspects . Obama 's move will set off a fierce legal struggle over where the prison 's detainees will go next . Watch experts debate the Gitmo dilemma » . `` The key question is where do you put these terrorists , '' House Minority Leader John Boehner , R-Ohio , said in a statement issued Wednesday . `` Do you bring them inside our borders ? Do you release them back into the battlefield ? '' The meeting with Craig did not address how the administration plans to handle Guantanamo detainees , said Rep. Bill Young of Florida , the top Republican on the Defense Appropriations Committee . The executive orders `` will leave some wiggle room for the administration , '' he said . Young said he has `` quite a bit of anxiety '' about transferring detainees to United States facilities . `` Number one , they 're dangerous , '' he said . `` Secondly , once they become present in the United States , what is their legal status ? What is their constitutional status ? I worry about that , because I do n't want them to have the same constitutional rights that you and I have . They 're our enemy . '' Watch what may happen to Gitmo 's inmates » . He said he asked Craig what the government plans to do with two recently built facilities at Guantanamo , which he said cost $ 500 million . He said Craig had no answer , but pledged to discuss the issue further . Young said he suggested reopening Alcatraz , the closed federal prison on an island outside San Francisco , California -- in Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi 's district . `` Put them in Alcatraz , where supposedly they ca n't escape from , '' Young said , but added the suggestion `` did n't go over well . '' The revelation coincided with a judge 's decision on Wednesday to halt the September 11 terrorism cases at the behest of President Obama . On Tuesday , he directed Defense Secretary Robert Gates to ask prosecutors to seek stays for 120 days so terrorism cases at the facility can be reviewed , according to a military official close to the proceedings . CNN 's Susan Candiotti and Laurie Ure contributed to this report .
NEW : Obama to issue 3 orders Thursday that break from Bush administration . NEW : Order 2 will ban torture by requiring use of Army field manual for interrogations . NEW : 3rd order will mandate review of detention policies and procedures . Military judge grants Obama 's request to stay cases for 120 days .