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Colin Powell: Close Guantánamo Prison Camps
miamiherald.com ^ | Jun. 10, 2007 | LIBBY QUAID

Posted on 06/10/2007 10:23:04 PM PDT by kellynla

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell said Sunday he favors immediately closing the Guantánamo Bay military prison and moving its detainees to U.S. facilities. The prison, which now holds about 385 war-on-terror captives, has tarnished the world's perception of the United States, Powell said.

''If it was up to me, I would close Guantánamo. Not tomorrow, but this afternoon. I'd close it,'' he said.

''And I would not let any of those people go,'' he said. ``I would simply move them to the United States and put them into our federal legal system. The concern was, well then they'll have access to lawyers, then they'll have access to writs of habeas corpus. So what? Let them. Isn't that what our system is all about?''

Defense Secretary Robert Gates has said Congress and the Bush administration should work together to allow imprisonment of some of the more dangerous detainees elsewhere so the military camp at the remote U.S. Navy base in Cuba can be closed.

The Defense Department estimates it would take about three years to conduct 60 to 80 military trials, if the administration authorizes that many.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: colinpowell; guantanamo; war; warcrimiinals; warcriminals
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''If it was up to me, I would close Guantánamo. Not tomorrow, but this afternoon. I'd close it,''

and this clown was Secretary of State???

1 posted on 06/10/2007 10:23:07 PM PDT by kellynla
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and this clown was Secretary of State???

The State Dept. often seems to be a sheltered workshop for clowns.

2 posted on 06/10/2007 10:27:27 PM PDT by Prokopton
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and this clown was Secretary of State???

Unfortunately yes.

3 posted on 06/10/2007 10:28:45 PM PDT by Mark17
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To: kellynla

Some people just never go away.


4 posted on 06/10/2007 10:29:07 PM PDT by skr (Car bombs and IEDs are the exclamation marks for the latest Democrats' talking points.)
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How bout we close it and move the guys next door to your house Mr Secretary of State?


5 posted on 06/10/2007 10:30:58 PM PDT by lexington minuteman 1775
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If it was up to me ...
Dude. It will never again be "up to you." So fade away already. You are so 5 minutes ago. You had your chance to make a difference and you botched it.
6 posted on 06/10/2007 10:30:58 PM PDT by Asclepius (protectionists would outsource our dignity and prosperity in return for illusory job security)
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To: kellynla

Colin Powell, Jimmy Carter, John McCain. Gives me that sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach that I’m really in this by myself.


7 posted on 06/10/2007 10:31:39 PM PDT by Lijahsbubbe (President Bush - The Enabler)
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To: kellynla
and this clown was Secretary of State???

Not unusual. This is the sort of thing Sec. of States say.

Albright, Warren Christopher, James Baker. ....we've had quite a few embarrassments in modern history.

8 posted on 06/10/2007 10:33:37 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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Colin Powell was a disappointment. He was too soft.


9 posted on 06/10/2007 10:35:23 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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``I would simply move them to the United States and put them into our federal legal system. The concern was, well then they'll have access to lawyers, then they'll have access to writs of habeas corpus. So what? Let them. Isn't that what our system is all about?''

Yeah, there's a great idea - - turn the WOT into a lawyer-infested circus, complete with a clown car packed with scumbag liberal activist judges... .Why won't this moron Powell just fade away like good soldiers do?

10 posted on 06/10/2007 10:35:57 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: kellynla

How incredibly naive this man is!


11 posted on 06/10/2007 10:42:36 PM PDT by incredulous joe
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He’s turned out to be just another weak d..k. sadly


12 posted on 06/10/2007 10:45:15 PM PDT by Gracey
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To: kellynla
So perception is now reality in Colin’s world...

To close Guantanamo would simply give credence to all the lies about it.

13 posted on 06/10/2007 10:52:10 PM PDT by DB
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The concern was, well then they'll have access to lawyers, then they'll have access to writs of habeas corpus. So what? Let them. Isn't that what our system is all about?

Are you sure it was Colin Powell who said this? This sounds like it could have come from Paris Hilton!

14 posted on 06/10/2007 10:52:17 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (A man who will not defend himself does not deserve to be defended by others.)
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To: kellynla

I can’t WAIT for the Hugh Hewitt show Monday. Mark Steyn is going to have so much fun with this, LOL!


15 posted on 06/10/2007 10:53:19 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (A man who will not defend himself does not deserve to be defended by others.)
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Thank God FR does not chose Presidents or he would have been in 2000 when he was the Almighty here.


16 posted on 06/10/2007 10:55:41 PM PDT by napscoordinator (.)
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***’’If it was up to me, I would close Guantánamo. Not tomorrow, but this afternoon. I’d close it,’’ ***

I’d close it also and open one in Point Barrow, Alaska or Little America, Antartica.


17 posted on 06/10/2007 10:57:06 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (When someone burns a cross on your lawn the best firehose is an AK-47.)
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“I would simply move them to the United States and put them into our federal legal system.”

No way do I want these people on home soil.


18 posted on 06/10/2007 11:11:25 PM PDT by sageb1 (This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
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To: kellynla

Shut up Powell


19 posted on 06/10/2007 11:17:28 PM PDT by freekitty
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This Colin Clown needs to put a clothes pin on that pie hole before he stinks the place up.


20 posted on 06/10/2007 11:17:58 PM PDT by jonrick46
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