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 White House Considers Shutting Down GuantanamoPosted on Jun 21, 2007Although the White House says no decision is imminent, the Associated Press is reporting that the Bush administration is close to shutting down the island prison and transferring the detainees to military facilities inside the U.S., where they could face trial. The vice president and attorney general have previously shot down any attempt to close Gitmo, but anonymous sources say a consensus for closure is building.
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By Enemy of State, June 22, 2007 at 8:23 pm #
You gotta expect the shrub to close gitmo before the end of his term Especially if a Democrat is elected. He wouldn’t want to give his successor the pleasure of closing Gitmo as the first action of his/her presidency.
If they transfer them to US prisons, then they are (somewhat) more required to follow American standards of law and conditions of confinement. I suspect they will try to find some secret foreign sites.
Keep the heat up. It isn’t over till the fat commandant sings.
Report thisBy DennisD, June 22, 2007 at 8:02 pm #
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No way they close Gitmo, not even Geraldo is allowed there. It’s quiet, on the coast, gated, guarded and has hot and cold water boarding. It’s also CIA approved. It’s a Bu$hChen paradise. Too bad they’re not in it.
Report thisBy LC, June 22, 2007 at 1:12 pm #
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Not necessarily a good thing. At least now, when somebody gets “disappeared”, there is at least one named and known place to check.
If Bush & Co. shut down Gitmo, they will probably scatter the inmates to the four corners of the earth where they will truly and completely disappear from view.
Report thisBy ctbrandon, June 22, 2007 at 12:37 pm #
So the public finally begins to put heat on the government to close gitmo. What are they going to do? I for one dont trust them for a minute. They will ship the prisoners off to one of their many low profile prisons around the country, put a few on trial in America to satisfy our emotions, and keep doing what they are doing.
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By Mark in NY, June 22, 2007 at 11:49 am #
Some recent reportage on the topic: NY Times article
Report thisBy Mark in NY, June 22, 2007 at 11:47 am #
Some recent reportage on the topic: NY Times article
Report thisBy Mark in NY, June 22, 2007 at 11:31 am #
Rumor I hear is Cheney leaked the meeting to torpedo the effort; no way he wants Gitmo closed. Little Shrub is plucking at his puppet strings, trying to do something on his own, and his masters don’t like that.
Report thisBy great_satan, June 22, 2007 at 8:45 am #
Its phrased as “closing Gitmo,” but aren’t they just opening concentration camps on US soil?
Report thisBy dsmith, June 22, 2007 at 4:58 am #
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They are not closing Gitmo because of any change of heart. The loacation is to close to home. One of the prisoners is being told he will be sent to a prison in a country where he will surely be murdered.
Nice guys these Bushies.
Report thisBy cyrena, June 22, 2007 at 4:23 am #
All true again, TDoff. The flames are actually licking at their feet, because Cheney, about all, really DOES have to be worried about being tried for multiple crimes, before making the final get-away. (Which appears to be Dubai...or at least that’s probably the “main” undisclosed location)
Report thisBy KYJurisDoctor, June 22, 2007 at 2:05 am #
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So Bush is going to now listen to Colin Powell? Well, I guess it’s never too late!
http://osi-speaks.blogspot.com/2007/06/colin-powell-ca lls-for-closing.html
Report thisBy TDoff, June 21, 2007 at 10:59 pm #
Yeah, now that the odds are rising that the White House inmates may have to do time in Guantanamo, they want to close it down.
Kind of like ‘Desperate Dick’ Cheney, feeling the heat and declaring, ‘Who, me? I ain’t a member of nothin’, man, just forget about me, I’m off to my ‘undisclosed location’, and there ain’t no ‘me’ there, no matter what. And that’s the law, man, and one thing we gotta make sure of, is that we are a nation of laws’.
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