News and Views: Gitmo, 9/11 trials, Thomson prison

911NeverForget.Us ^ | December 18, 2009 | Tim Sumner

[Sergeant Tim]

Gitmo Does Not Cause Terrorism

"Terrorism is caused, and terrorist recruitment is driven, by Islamist ideology and by American weakness in the face of terror attacks. In that sense, Senator Durbin causes more terrorism than Gitmo ever will. Terrorist organizations are encouraged when they come to believe they can win — when they come to believe they can outlast America because we lack resolve." -- Andy McCarthy 12/18/2009

Americans Oppose Closing Gitmo, Moving Prisoners to U.S.

"Americans remain opposed to closing the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba and moving some of the terrorist suspects being held there to U.S. prisons: 30% favor such actions, while 64% do not." -- Gallup poll, 12/17/2009

51% in Illinois Oppose Prison for Guantanamo Terrorists In Their State

Fifty-one percent (51%) of Illinois voters oppose relocating some suspected terrorists from the Guantanamo prison camp in Cuba to a prison in their state. A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey finds that 39% of voters in the state favor housing the prisoners at the Thomson Correctional Center

Thomson aka Gitmo North not a done deal

If you are among the 64% of Americans against closing Gitmo and moving detainees to the U.S., you should sign this petition opposing turning Thomson into Gitmo North. Bev Perlson of BandOfMothers.com was on Fox & Friends this morning (video link) to also ask that you to be outside Sterling High School, 1608 4th Avenue, Sterling, Illinois, at noon Central, on December 22, 2009.

Chinatown activists press fight to move terror trials

“It is a mistake and it should be rectified.”

Democratic NY State Assembly Leader Opposes KSM Trial in NYC

Silver’s opposition to the administration is significan t-- a major political force in New York has responded to the increasing civic pressure against the Obama administration. ... Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, a Downtowner, also said he supported Obama’s choice, though Judy Rapfogel, his chief of staff, said, “We couldn’t describe it as a good idea.” She said the speaker would work to protect the community from any adverse effects.

Downtown Brooklyn workers, residents have mixed feelings on 9/11 terror trial

"Everyone deserves a fair trial," said Andrea Demetropoulos, 57, a business owner from Brooklyn Heights. "I'm just not sure I want it happening here downtown."

Guantanamo detainees on US soil: a legal minefield

Move could strengthen detainee lawsuits ... Remes, who has spent years litigating on behalf of the detainees, says he doesn't support transferring the men from Guantánamo to Thomson Correction Center Illinois. “When the habeas lawyers heard that Obama wanted to close Guantánamo, we thought that was a good thing because it would mean the men would be sent home,” he says. “We never imagined that to close Guantánamo would mean ‘move to a new location.’ “

[Sergeant Tim]

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The travesty and the treason continues..