Posted on 05/23/2013 1:14:32 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Obama Calls for Gitmo Inmates to Be Transfered to the United States Daniel Halper May 23, 2013 2:01 PM
In a speech today, President Obama is calling for the transfer for Gitmo inmates to the United States.
"The original premise for opening GTMO – that detainees would not be able to challenge their detention – was found unconstitutional five years ago. In the meantime, GTMO has become a symbol around the world for an America that flouts the rule of law. Our allies won’t cooperate with us if they think a terrorist will end up at GTMO. During a time of budget cuts, we spend $150 million each year to imprison 166 people –almost $1 million per prisoner. And the Department of Defense estimates that we must spend another $200 million to keep GTMO open at a time when we are cutting investments in education and research here at home," Obama will say.
As President, I have tried to close GTMO. I transferred 67 detainees to other countries before Congress imposed restrictions to effectively prevent us from either transferring detainees to other countries, or imprisoning them in the United States. These restrictions make no sense. After all, under President Bush, some 530 detainees were transferred from GTMO with Congress’s support. When I ran for President the first time, John McCain supported closing GTMO. No person has ever escaped from one of our super-max or military prisons in the United States. Our courts have convicted hundreds of people for terrorism-related offenses, including some who are more dangerous than most GTMO detainees. Given my Administration’s relentless pursuit of al Qaeda’s leadership, there is no justification beyond politics for Congress to prevent us from closing a facility that should never have been opened.
Today, I once again call on Congress to lift the restrictions on detainee transfers from GTMO. I have asked the Department of Defense to designate a site in the United States where we can hold military commissions. I am appointing a new, senior envoy at the State Department and Defense Department whose sole responsibility will be to achieve the transfer of detainees to third countries. I am lifting the moratorium on detainee transfers to Yemen, so we can review them on a case by case basis. To the greatest extent possible, we will transfer detainees who have been cleared to go to other countries. Where appropriate, we will bring terrorists to justice in our courts and military justice system. And we will insist that judicial review be available for every detainee.
Even after we take these steps, one issue will remain: how to deal with those GTMO detainees who we know have participated in dangerous plots or attacks, but who cannot be prosecuted – for example because the evidence against them has been compromised or is inadmissible in a court of law. But once we commit to a process of closing GTMO, I am confident that this legacy problem can be resolved, consistent with our commitment to the rule of law.
I call for the gitmo guests be housed in 0bama’s and Bill Err’s houses in southside ChiTown.
I am okay if everyone of them is held in Washington DC.
However, “O” and MO didn't seem to have much of anything when they walked over the threshold at the WH. We'll see how much they managed to purloin, when they go.
I have a comment.
No comment.
He’s looking for people with a spare bedroom to one for a short time until he has the prison ready
Why is Obama beating this dead mule?...Anything but the White House Scandals hey Obama???
ha! Why do I get the feeling they’ll eventually be released and replaced with conservative undesirables?
The Woolwich attack has inspired the president.
Want to see how the house and senate handle this, LOL....”Not in my back yard.”
Once they set foot on US soil they can claim they are refugess and get all the goodies when they are released.
um.... haven’t you been in charge for FIVE YEARS already Odumbass?
Once they set foot on US soil they can claim they are refugess and get all the goodies when they are released.
a new suit and $100
And if they promise to be really nice maybe 40 acres and a mule, although they may prefer a goat. ;)
Just put them in the White House... it would be like a sleepover.
They have NO STANDING to be Tried under U.S. Constitutional Protections WHATSOEVER. Shoot the bastards, and save the Halal food costs, air-conditioned/cable-TV'd/FREE HOUSING for the slimeball camel humpers.
Bring Gitmo detainees here? Fine. How ‘bout a little camp in Georgetown? Or the Upper East Side?
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