Posted on 03/13/2009 11:48:13 PM PDT by rabscuttle385
WASHINGTON — South Carolina politicians are moving to try to block any transfer of suspected terrorists from the Guantanamo detention center ordered closed by President Barack Obama to the U.S. Navy brig at Charleston, S.C.
On Thursday, Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., became a sponsor of a bill that would prohibit the use of federal funds for such a transfer, while in Columbia, S.C., the South Carolina House of Representatives passed a measure asking President Obama and Congress not to move Guantanamo detainees to the state.
"Guantanamo Bay is home to the most hardened and battle-tested terrorists in the world," DeMint said in announcing the legislation, which he's co-sponoring with Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla.
The Naval Consolidated Brig in North Charleston, S.C., has emerged as a leading candidate to house some or all of the 245 alleged terrorists at Guantanamo, along with the Army’s Fort Leavenworth in Kansas, and the Marine Corps’ Camp Pendleton in California.
"It is dangerous to bring these terrorists onto U.S. soil and make targets out of our own communities," DeMint said. "Guantanamo Bay may cause the Obama administration heartburn, but shutting it down puts American lives in danger."
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Send them to Clyburn’s house.
SC rocks. I like what they’re doing.
Thank heavens for DeMint (I’m from SC). I thought Murtha was campaigning to get these guys, why don’t they go there?
And this is a good idea how?
Back when I was stationed in SC I learned that the folks there are sensible enough to realize this is not going to go over well.
Why not send them to, say, Chicago?
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