Holder 'impressed' with Gitmo, but still committed to closure

CNN Justice Producer ^ | 8:48 p.m. EST, Wed February 25, 2009 | By Terry Frieden

[DBCJR]

Attorney General Eric Holder, just back from his first trip to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, said Wednesday he is still determined to carry out President Barack Obama's order to close the prison, but admitted he was "impressed by the people," and said "the facilities are good ones."

Attorney General Eric Holder said he didn't witness any prisoner mistreatment during his trip.

Holder's positive assessment of "professionalism" at the prison was in distinct contrast to claims by many critics who charge Guantanamo Bay stands as a world-wide symbol of the alleged U.S. mistreatment of enemy combatants.

"I did not witness any mistreatment of prisoners. I think to the contrary I saw a conscious attempt by those guards to conduct themselves in an appropriate way," Holder told reporters.

Holder has been named by Obama to oversee the process that will decide what to do with the 245 detainees held at the prison.

Obama's executive order allows only one year for the prison to be closed.

"This will not be an easy process," Holder said. "It's one we will do in a way that ensures that people are treated fairly and that the American people are kept safe."

Don't Miss Detainees treated humanely, Pentagon report says Holder predicted it will take most of the coming year for his staff of lawyers and experts to comb the files of the detainees and then decide whether they should be released, sent to other countries, placed in military courts, or moved to civilian criminal courts in the United States.

The attorney general spoke of his visit as members of Congress expressed a range of views on what to do with the detainees, and whether the president should re-consider his order closing Guantanamo Bay.

[DBCJR]

Sounds like his mind was made up before he went by his boss, he got there and saw things were different than 0 thought, he has to cover that up.... and he doesn't have a clue what to do

[Doogle]

Holder 'impressed' with Gitmo, but still committed to closure,

Holder 'impressed' with Gitmo, but is committed to follow administration policy of freeing terrorist

[1curiousmind]

Great to hear that our “shameful torturing” policies are starting to get the love they deserve from the messiah’s gang. /s/

Or maybe Holder was threatened with waterboarding?

[Doctor Raoul]

We do good, Bush do bad, yada, yada, BS...

[ETL]

Eric Holder's role in the pardons of BLA (Black Liberation Army) comrades/Weather Underground members, Susan Rosenberg and Linda Evans (Brinks Truck robbery and triple murder):
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2165052/posts

Eric Holder, Bill Clinton, Wright's 'Black Liberation' "church", and the pardons of 16 members of the Puerto Rican Marxist terrorist group FALN:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2165024/posts
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"Fraunces Tavern is a restaurant and museum in lower Manhattan, New York City. It was built on the site of a former building which played a significant role in pre-Revolutionary activities, and in which, on 4 December 1783, General George Washington bade farewell to his officers at the end of the Revolution, before returning to his home, Mount Vernon."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraunces_Tavern
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"During the 1970s and 1980s, FALN members set off at least 138 bombs in five major U.S. Cities. Six Americans were killed in those attacks. One of those bombings, in January 1975, was at the historic Fraunces Tavern in lower Manhattan while patrons were at lunch. The explosion killed four and injured more than 50."

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/05/bill_hillary_and_the_faln.html
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"Between 1974 and 1985 the FALN (Puerto Rican Armed Forces of National Liberation) organized 120 terrorist bombings in the United States. Many Americans were killed in those bombings, and many more were crippled. In 1983, another Puerto Rican terrorist group known as the Macheteros, attacked and robbed a Wells Fargo armored car in Connecticut. The Macheteros intended to use the money to finance a terrorist campaign against the United States. Working under the cover of Puerto Rican nationalism and claiming to act on behalf of the 'oppressed people of Puerto Rico,' the FALN and the Macheteros are nothing but Communist revolutionaries. Both groups were organized by Fidel Castro's secret police. The ultimate goal of the FALN and the Macheteros is the creation of an independent Marxist-Leninist dictatorship on the island of Puerto Rico."
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=19760

[WayneS]

So then, the esteemed Mr. Eric, Let me Pi$$ on that Copy of the Constitution for You, Citizen, Holder was just a-o-k with the “increased” level of abuse that has been occurring Mr. Obeyme took office as out Butthead in Chief?

You know, the extra abuse being heaped on the poor innocent prisoners by those evil jail-keepers who are “getting their licks in” before Gitmo close?

WHAT??? You mean he DIDN’T see any such abuse or even any evidence thereof? Wow. I wonder why? After all, he is such a brilliant man and a great prosecutorial investigator.

COULD IT BE? Could it be that the reason he didn’t see any abuse is because there is no abuse going on and there HAS BEEN no abuse going on? Golly! Who’d a thunk it?

[ADSUM]

Holder is still drinking the ‘kool-aid’.

What a coward!

[wita]

or moved to civilian criminal courts in the United States.

The fact that this point is even an option causes a certain feeling running up my leg.

There are two options, and only two. Hanging, or continued incarceration at Gitmo followed by military tribunal and hanging.

It remains open so the next batch of terrorists will have a safe haven prior to their military tribunal. It brings such joy to my heart to see the country run by people who do not even have a clue what is involved in the preservation of liberty and freedom.

In there minds, there is nothing in the past worth preserving. Unfortunately they will lead us to the point where even they will be forced to admit we were right and they were sadly mistaken. By then it just may be too late.

[DBCJR]

That feeling is running DOWN your legs. Such stuff makes us lose control of our bowels.

[conservativeharleyguy]

The DC law firm he left to become the AG (Covington and Burling) represents Gitmo “Detainees” (17 Yemeni and 1 Pakistani). http://michellemalkin.com/2009/01/23/pay-attention-to-eric-holders-law-firm-and-gitmo-detainees/

Since they donated money to the Dems, maybe now he has to figure out some way to repay them for their patronage (investment??), so they get to represent the scumbags in court. http://www.politicalbase.com/groups/covington-burling-llp/13316/

[ETL]

BOTH OBAMA AND OSAMA HAVE
FRIENDS WHO BOMBED THE PENTAGON
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From HumanEvents.com, April 29, 2008:
"By all accounts, he [Obama friend and associate, Bill Ayers] was a ferocious, violent, revolutionary Marxist in his halcyon days as a Weatherman leader. He and his Weatherman bombers were enamored of Ho Chi Minh, Che Guevara, Fidel Castro, Mao Tse-tung -- indeed, all the murderous heroes on the Left. Referring to the Weatherman members in August 1969, he said (according to the FBI): 'We’re revolutionary Communists.'

He got off on the group’s multiple explosions, too, and discusses them rather lovingly in his memoir.

Ideal Bombing Weather:
'Everything was absolutely ideal on the day I bombed the Pentagon,' he writes (although he concedes it was really a group effort). 'The sky was blue. The birds were singing. And the bastards were finally going to get what was coming to them.' (p. 256 in the 2003 edition.)

Article: Obama and His Weatherman Friends
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=26243
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'Guilty as hell, free as a bird—America is a great country,' he [Ayers] said."
August 2001, Chicago Magazine (article: No Regrets)
http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/August-2001/No-Regrets/
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"This is a guy [Bill Ayers] who lives in my neighborhood, who's a professor of English in Chicago who I know and who I have not received some official endorsement from. He's not somebody who I exchange ideas from on a regular basis."

Source: ABC News - Transcript: Obama and Clinton Debate, April 16, 2008
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/DemocraticDebate/Story?id=4670271&page=2
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From the Chicago Sun Times, November 13, 2008:

Ayers: Obama was 'family friend'
New afterword to 2001 book, Ayers describes Barack Obama as 'family friend'

http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/1278532,bill-ayers-barack-obama-book-111308.article#

[DBCJR]

Great post!

[ETL]

BOTH OBAMA AND OSAMA HAVE
FRIENDS WHO WANTED TO BOMB FORT DIX

From David Horowitz's FrontPageMag.com/DiscoverTheNetworks.org:
March 6, 1970: "three members of the Weather Underground accidentally killed themselves in a Manhattan townhouse while attempting to build a powerful bomb they had intended to plant at a social dance in Fort Dix, New Jersey -- an event that was to be attended by U.S. Army soldiers. Hundreds of lives could have been lost had the plot been successfully executed."
http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6808

"The bomb was intended to be planted at a non-commissioned officer's dance at Fort Dix, New Jersey.
The bomb was packed with nails to inflict maximum casualties upon detonation."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weatherman_(organization)#Chronology_of_events
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2007 Fort Dix attack plot

A group of six radical Islamist[1] men, allegedly plotting to stage an attack on the Fort Dix military base in New Jersey, United States, were arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on May 7, 2007. They were subsequently charged with planning an attack against U.S. soldiers. The alleged aim of the six men was said to be to "kill as many soldiers as possible".[2] Their trial began on October 20, 2008. [3]

Opening arguments were presented on October 20, 2008.
Assistant U.S. Attorney William Fitzpatrick said the defendants were inspired by jihad saying "Their motive was to defend Islam. Their inspiration was Al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Dix_plot
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"This is a guy who lives in my neighborhood, who's a professor of English..."
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Exclusive: Bill Ayers Talks About Election Night in Grant Park
[Obama win brings commie Ayers to tears!]

From NBC Chicago, Jan 21, 2009:

Bill Ayers was "overflowing with happiness, relief, love" when he and his wife went to Grant Park with tens of thousands of Chicagoans to celebrate the election of President Barack Obama.

Ayers and his wife, Bernardine Dohrn, spoke exclusively with NBC Chicago's Dick Johnson about why they joined the Election Night celebration in the park, where 40 years before they helped stage the Days of Rage riots.

The couple said they got last-minute tickets from a friend to be in Grant Park that night.

"I couldn't stop crying a couple of times. I found the exact spot where I was beaten 40 years ago," Ayers said. "But I've never been in a crowd that large that wasn't edged with either anger or drunkenness or gluttony, and it was really an extraordinary feeling."

http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Exclusive-Bill-Ayers-Talks-About-Election-Night-in-Grant-Park.html

[DBCJR]

Yeah, but Ayers ain’t in Gitmo. He lives in Hussein’s old neighborhood holding teas for politicians he doesn’t know and getting them to endorse his books.

[ETL]

But Obama’s friendly, working relationship with Ayers shows you where he is coming from on the issue of anti-Americanism and terrorism.

[RexBeach]

“I hated Gitmo before I loved it.” Eric Holder

Nothing like releasing a bunch of cutthroats to make the world safer.

[ETL]

Obama’s Black Liberation “church” of twenty years advocated for the Marxist terrorist group, FALN, just before they were pardoned by his newly appointed AG, Eric Holder. See the 2nd link in my post #5.

[Islander7]

Bringing these terrorist to US soil will make everyone far less safe!

[DBCJR]

I agree. I was kidding about a false distinction.

[popdonnelly]

I’ve always thought Guantanamo was a great idea. Democrats went out of their way to make it sound like Auschwitz. Now that they’re running the show, it’s a good thing.