Posted on 05/27/2009 10:18:12 AM PDT by freespirited
Courtesy of the indispensable Jon Ralston, some nuance on the ultimate fate of the Guantanamo detainees today from Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV), on the eve of his major fund raiser with the president. Reid taped a segment of Ralston's program, Face to Face:
Reid, who has been criticized for his contradictory positions on Guantanamo Bay, said some prisoners will be put in maximum security prisons on U.S. soil, emphasizing the safety of those facilities:
"A maximum security prison in the United States, there has never been a single escape."
JR: "You think eventually the plan is going to be to put them in maximum security prisons here in this country, correct?"
"I think some. Keep in mind, Jon, there's so many different issues. There's no question that a number of these people who are there are not guilty of anything. The Uighurs, these are a group of Muslim Chinese who are guilty of nothing. They were arrested, put in there. They are there. They are doing nothing. We're going to have to find someplace to put them. We can't send them back to China. Should they go into a maximum security prison? Probably not."
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Whoever runs against Reid needs to use this latest commentary to demonstrate how nonchalant he is about the WOT.
In a just world, Reid will be soundly defeated in the next election.
maybe they can use Yucca Flats? nice deep holes.. big secure doors.
Yeah!
Now he’s falling into line, just like ducks. Or is it lemmings.
Wonder who’s the puppet master now!
These “Detainees” are gonna freak out when they get to a supermax prison. They’ll be beggin’ to go back to Gitmo!
one of the differences is that your average supermax convict isn't usually willing to die for his cause; his cause being killing as many americans as he can just for the pleasure of seeing them die. nor does he have several hundred friends that are likely to convene at whatever town the jail is close to, and plan an escape . . . during which process the major goal is to kill as many americans as possible.
Maybe Harry wants to put them in Yucca Flats, since we aren’t going to put nuclear waste there. Hey wait a minute - it could be a two-fer!
AP Newsflash:
“Authorities voiced grave concern today that the 15 self-described “terrorists” who stormed the _______ high school today and took 7 classes hostage have stopped communications. In their original demands, sent by email, they outlined their chief demand as the release of ______ ____ who is currently being held at the Supermax prision 50 miles away. U.S. Government authorities dismissed any significance to the timing of the attack which occurred exactly 9 months, 9 days and 9 hours after ______ ______ was transferred to the prison from Guantanamo Bay.”
Hey Harry....The Ughers are TRAINED JIHADI MUSLIMS!! You are a DOLT! Nevada must not be the state I once thought it was....MANLY!
So now I assume Obama has turned his terror tactics onto his own party?
That they will.
Why Barry's just wild about Harry. So much material at the WH's fingertips...
Harry got kneecapped by Rahm?
Yes, to the democrats training to be terrorists against a sovereign nation who is a trading partner of ours is Just Fine, so long as they weren’t publicly saying they wanted to attack us.
Imagine the outrage if China gave Bin Laden a house and freedom simply beause he never attacked THEM.
Exactly. The difference between Gitmo and Supermax-X Prison is that they can drive a garbage truck VBIED up to the gate of the US prison.
The FBI Hostage Roasting Team might have to earn its keep, too.
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