Guantanamo prison may have to stay open until 2011

AP ^ | Dec 23, 2009 | LARRY MARGASAK

[Berlin_Freeper]

WASHINGTON — The Guantanamo Bay prison may not close until 2011 because it will take months for the federal government to buy an Illinois prison and upgrade it to hold suspected terrorists.

[DoughtyOne]

LMAO... this is going absolutely melt down the rabid left.

[Made In The USA]

Well... Why not keep it open through 2012 when the adults are back in charge and we put MORE terrorists in there.

[gangsigninterpreter]

Drudge is reporting they are going to sell a parcel in the San Joaqin valley to fund this.

[Col Frank Slade]

Hope & Change.

[eureka!]

It is funny and there is a rewriting of history underway to protect 0bama. The NY Times now says the 1 year deadline was only “hinted” at by the administration: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413823/posts

[NMEwithin]

[DoughtyOne]

Sec. 3. Closure of Detention Facilities at Guantánamo. The detention facilities at Guantánamo for individuals covered by this order shall be closed as soon as practicable, and no later than 1 year from the date of this order. If any individuals covered by this order remain in detention at Guantánamo at the time of closure of those detention facilities, they shall be returned to their home country, released, transferred to a third country, or transferred to another United States detention facility in a manner consistent with law and the national security and foreign policy interests of the United States.

Let them spin this: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/closureofguantanamodetentionfacilities/

[DoughtyOne]

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/closureofguantanamodetentionfacilities/

[DoughtyOne]

BTW:

BARACK OBAMA

THE WHITE HOUSE,
January 22, 2009.

[eureka!]

Quite the hint. *snickering as lefties go further nuts over the hope and change fraud*

[DoughtyOne]

I think you misheard them, it was dopes and strange.

;-)

[catnipman]

Actually, this means it will stay open indefinitely. Congress isn’t going to suddenly get a greater Democrat majority; in fact, the Dims may lose both houses in 2010. If they can’t get the votes for the bucks now, they won’t get them at all. Obama isn’t going to be re-elected in 2012 because the U.S. economy is going to collapse before that, so Guantanamo is a done deal.

[LachlanMinnesota]

Obama, as the highest military authority, would need to review and approve any convictions obtained in the military tribunals. This would mean he would have to uphold or exonerate the Muslim terrorists, which burden he does not wish to have. (He does not wish to alienate his friends).

By sending them to a civilian court system, he passes on nothing, but retains the power of the pardon.

This is why, in my opinion, the Gitmo is being shut down, and the prisoners are being tried in civilian courts. No blame, but at the last miniute in office, he can free them.