Posted on 05/06/2009 9:23:17 AM PDT by freespirited
A US Senator said Tuesday he would soon introduce legislation aimed at blocking the release on US soil of any detainees currently held at the Guantanamo Bay facility for suspected terrorists.
"I intend to introduce legislation in the next few days to make sure that we establish a policy that will provide for no funding for the release of any of these individuals on US soil," said Republican Senator Saxby Chambliss.
The Georgia lawmaker said his bill aimed to reassure the US public that Guantanamo detainees are "not going to be re-released into their neighborhoods where they're going to immediately form cells where they will seek to kill and harm Americans."
Republicans have accused US President Barack Obama of committing to closing the facility -- seen in much of the world as a symbol of excessive US "war on terrorism" tactics -- by January 2010 without first knowing where the detainees would go.
But even House Democrats appear to have rejected the White House's appeal for 80 million dollars to study where the prisoners might go, or to fund their release, transfer, prosecution, or continued detention....
Obama plans to release into the United States some of the 17 Chinese Muslim Uighurs held at the facility for seven years then cleared for release by US authorities, said a US official, who requested anonymity.
About 240 prisoners still languish in the prison opened in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks at a US military base at Guantanamo Bay, southern Cuba.
(Excerpt) Read more at google.com ...
"Still languish"... lol. Why don't you give them jobs, Google?
Nice try, but Firefly will find a way around it even if teh Dimmycraps allow it to pass.
Fine - Release them at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and see how he likes terrorists at his front door!
Michelle should employ them a slaves in the garden.
a —> as
The stiff-shirt Taxme Shameless has found the courage to make a peep about something... Be still my broken heart.
Too bad the other Senator (who is up for re-election) doesn’t have a spine and make a stand, at least for something.
He’ll probably welcome them. They’re his brothers, allies, and pals. Remember Ayers?
My thoughts exactly, silence for five months, he looks around , blinks and remembers he needs to look busy. Both Georgia RINO senators are as useless as a two legged dog tryin to stand and scratch in the middle of a flea circus.
Yep—strap ankle bracelets on them and let them roam DC.
Smart move by Saxby, puts Obama on the hotseat.
Word your bill carefully, Senator. Knowing how the Dems parse our language, if you ban them from releasing Jihadis on “American soil” they will no doubt release them on the pavement and then have Eric Holder claim they complied with the law.
(hmmm, First we have a shortage of ammo, and now they are gonna turn Gitmo detainees loose in our town ... it sounds like something they planned to me.)
Obama will give them a stimulus grant to open a Chinese/Al-qaeda restaurant.
“Smart move by Saxby, puts Obama on the hotseat.”
Exactly! And put the rats in congress on record should they be insane enough to vote for the appropriation.
That’s MY Senator. And I just got a handwritten note from him thanking me for the copy of The Federalist Papers that I sent him.
SOME Republicans can grow backbones if so encouraged.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.