Posted on 02/07/2009 10:01:10 AM PST by NoPrisoners
WASHINGTON — After an emotional, private meeting at the White House with President Barack Obama, survivors and victims' relatives of two al Qaida attacks said Friday that the president quelled some of their fears about closing the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba detention center, promised them an "open-door" policy and a hand in shaping anti-terror policies, and said he is considering a modified military commission system to try detainees.
In a question-and-answer period with Obama that lasted about 35 minutes, some of the roughly 40 attendees affected by the USS Cole and Sept. 11, 2001, attacks emphasized concerns that a year might not be long enough to safely empty the Guantanamo prison as planned, said participant Kirk Lippold, a retired Navy commander in charge of the USS Cole when it was attacked on Oct. 12, 2000.
(Excerpt) Read more at mcclatchydc.com ...
Since when do passive victims establish anti-terror policy?
Ant-terror policy should be shaped by professionals who understand espionage and military strategies and tactics.
What political sop!
Propaganda.
Hussein is a lying confidence man.
These families will learn it soon enough.
Must be the Jersey Girls singing Obama’s praises.
40 attendees? That’s hand-picked crowd. And they still needed the applause sign.
McClatchy Newspapers
why do I get the feeling this meeting is being spun?? when will we hear from actual families that were there and how THEY perceive the meeting went..??
If you read the article, it doesn’t support the heading. McClatchy is junk on this one.
That’s what I was thinking. Since when does being a victim give someone special insight?
Where does it report that Obama has systematically helped the terrorists?
The fact is that in his first two weeks,
Obama has helped every terrorist or bomber with American blood on their hands.
"I watched terrorists kill Americans. By allah, I liked it."
The others? Not welcome.
You are correct, they applauded as he entered, certainly out of respect for the office.
Also from the article-—
“Obama, a constitutional lawyer....”
Yeah. But, which Constitution?
To some extent, Obama and his aides also seemed to be seeking to reframe the reasoning for closing Guantanamo... White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said, "I think the main concern that the president has is the military commissions' failure to bring those in detention to swift justice." Lippold said that Obama told the attendees that "his goal is to provide swift and certain justice for terrorists; he views Guantanamo Bay as an impediment to justice."
Damage control, pure and simple. Dropping charges has now become a path to swift justice. Yeah, right.
What a despicable piece of propaganda
The A-hole, someome loses a relative in 9/11,, and the Captain of the USS Cole who ignored the defense of his ship in an islamic hotbed port,,,,THEY get a voice in forming ourt ANTI-TERROR POLICY?
Amazing,,,
Pure propaganda.
Cavuto interviewed a woman yesterday who lost her son on the Cole attack, she received an invitation and refused to go. She was black and admitted she voted for Obama, but she also said she and her whole family regretted that decision now.
What’s it been a couple three weeks now? Think about after the first 100 days are over when the buyers regret REALLY kicks in for these idiots.
I wonder how long before aspirin factories get blown up again to create news and divert attention...
Oh please. McClatchy?!?!
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