“Burlingame relayed Obama seemed comfortable and not worried about security by having Guantanamo detainees in a federal lock up...”
The issue is not security, the issue is constitutional. We can’t keep anyone locked up in a US prison without a trial. That was the primary reason for putting them in GITMO in the first place. They aren’t POWs since they weren’t part of a country’s army, they are terrorist detainees. If Obama brings them to the US we will either have to free them or put them on trial, neither of which is acceptable.
“...If Obama brings them to the US we will either have to free them or put them on trial, neither of which is acceptable.”
So true...and that’s the problem with electing lawyers as President.
You're exactly right!! Because they have been held for so long without a trial, they will be freed. If their countries of origin won't take them, were will they reside as free men??
That's why Obama is hesitant to answer the questions.