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In reply to the discussion: I've kinda had it with all of the BS [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)aren't members of the US government. I don't remember ever voting for a member of HRW to sit in Congress, and I know you haven't either--nor has anyone.
It costs money--not "Pentagon" money, either--to certify that a detainee won't join AQ and come back and kill US citizens, first, and it also costs money--and again, not "Pentagon" money, either, to certify that the nation--either primary or third party--to which the detainee is released will not torture or abuse that individual. Those certifications are mandated before anyone goes anywhere. That money to do those certifications comes from House Appropriations, the purse strings of which are held by the Republican Ways and Means chair.
But hey, keep singing your weak "It's Obama's Fault!!!" refrain, even though he has been on the record, consistently, as wanting that damn prison facility closed.