U.S. Wants Gitmo Prisoners Held at Home

[Judi Lynn]

U.S. Wants Gitmo Prisoners Held at Home

By MATT KELLEY
Associated Press Writer

June 9, 2005, 11:14 AM EDT

BRUSSELS, Belgium -- The United States would rather have detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp imprisoned by their home countries, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Thursday.

Rumsfeld spoke a day after saying he was unaware of anyone in the Bush administration discussing closing the base in Cuba. Hours later, President Bush refused to rule out shutting the facility, saying his administration was "exploring all alternatives" for detaining the prisoners.

Human rights groups and former detainees say prisoners at Guantanamo have been mistreated. The Pentagon said last week that some U.S. personnel there mishandled prisoners' copies of the Quran, the Muslim holy book.

U.S. officials are waiting until Iraqi and Afghan authorities have the ability to deal with dangerous prisoners before handing over detainees from those nations, Rumsfeld said Thursday at a news conference during a NATO defense ministers' meeting.
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http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-rumsfeld-guantanamo,0,6090771.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines

[Inland]

1. So US interests in these DANGEROUS and KNOWLEDGEABLE detainees

will now be protected by Afghanistan. What's wrong with that picture?

"Honey, I want you to have an heirloom ring that belonged to my grandmother and mother. It's very valuable, maybe worth millions. I keep it in a coffee can on top shelf in the garage. At least, that's where it was last time I checked."

[Moochy]

2. Extraordinary rendition

How is this related to extraordinary rendition? What laws have these detainees broken? More war crimes, but this time outsourced to client states. Genius!

[Supersedeas]

3. so all these many years without a trial--no oversight--all the costs and

planning for the military kangaroo courts, and when the rubber finally meets the road, they just want to dispurse these people to undisclosed locations.

Problem solved?

[truthpusher]

4. Rumsfeld plays down idea of closing Guantanamo

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=8746126&src=rss/topNews

Rumsfeld plays down idea of closing Guantanamo
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Thu Jun 9, 2005 11:58 AM ET
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Thursday played down the idea of closing the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, saying such a move would raise questions about what would happen to the prisoners.

"A whole lot of questions come to mind. If you closed it, where would you go," he told a news conference at NATO headquarters.

(snip)

Rumsfeld, asked about Bush's remarks, did not contradict his boss, but said he understood that what "the president said is that we're always looking at ways to improve our operations."

(snip)

"I know of no one in the U.S. government, in the executive branch, that is considering closing Guantanamo," he told reporters, within hours of Bush's comments being broadcast in the Fox News interview.

complete story: http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=8746126&src=rss/topNews

[grytpype]

5. If I were Turdblossom Rove...

I would tell Rummy he is never to mention Gitmo. Rummy + Gitmo in a headline = international outrage. I would only use anonymice or low-level employees to talk about Gitmo.

[DemNoir]

6. The Secretary went on to say...

That with just a few small changes Gitmo will receive a four star Michelin rating this fall!

[LynnTheDem]

7. A 'no due process of law concentration camp'. A Gulag. USA! USA! USA!

We're listed as #14 worldwide for freedoms & democracy for 2005.

What number will we fall down to in 2006?

[Contrary1]

8. "...If you closed it, where would you go,"

Translation:
We haven't yet decided which of our big business buddies to award
contracts to for the building of a new prison(s) elsewhere.

[formerrepuke]

9. Crawford Ranch is about 1600 acres.. plenty of room there...n/t

[goclark]

10. Yes and their are gang members that live there

[damntexdem]

11. Hey, let's not be too hasty about closing Gitmo:

it might be a good place to keep a gaggle of war criminals who lied this country into invading Iraq.

[Patty Diana]

12. In a brand new Gazillion Dollar maximum security prison, bulit by

Halliburton. How you like dem apples!!!!! Where the hell is the OUTRAGE??

[Bluebear]

Rumsfeld plays down idea of closing Guantanamo

Once again Bush gets his mouth slapped by the people who run the show....


BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Thursday played down the idea of closing the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, saying such a move would raise questions about what would happen to the prisoners.

"A whole lot of questions come to mind. If you closed it, where would you go," he told a news conference at NATO headquarters.

Amid mounting complaints and calls for the facility to be shut down, including a broadside from former president and human rights champion Jimmy Carter, President Bush on Wednesday left open the door to its eventual closing.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050609/ts_nm/security_guantanamo_dc_6;_ylt=AgooVO.NmoFc1es9hyiiQuE3NiUi;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

13. All over the map.

nt

[acmavm]

14. They don't really care about what bush** says, they just talk over him.

As has been said a million times before, bush** does not run the show. He has about as much authority as I do.

It's either Poppy or Cheney, or both, who are pulling the strings. In fact the other day when Poppy was inflicting the possibility of a Jebthro presidency on us my first thought was 'way to keep power in your cold grasping claws isn't you old zombie rat bastard'.

[Inland]

15. Where would you go? How's about a facility w/n US court jurisdiction?

Well, that's exactly what they were trying to avoid by picking Gitmo.

Fact is, if the Admin. can't keep OUR noses out of what they are doing and who they are doing it too, the admin. would rather let them go than keep them.

[VegasWolf]

16. Bush should go back to riding his bicycle and let the people in charge

do the talking. n/t

[asjr]

17. There is no way Rummy will allow anyone to

close down his personal dungeon.