Few in GOP Considering Guantanamo Closure

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-5073310,00.html

Few in GOP Considering Guantanamo Closure

Tuesday June 14, 2005

By LIZ SIDOTI

Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - A few Republicans are raising questions about keeping the U.S. military's Guantanamo Bay prison open, but the loudest GOP voices are lining up to defend a facility that one human-rights group has called a ``gulag.''

Lawmakers from both parties are seeking inquiries into allegations that U.S. troops mistreated foreign terrorism suspects held at the prison in Cuba. Others are calling for reforms.

Answering the critics, Vice President Dick Cheney on Monday said war-on-terror detainees would continue to be held at Guantanamo, even as the White House said all options for prison's future were on the table.

On Capitol Hill, several prominent Republicans followed the Bush administration's lead.

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[Egalitariat]

1. What is the plan if we do close it?

I understand the calls to close it, but has anyone suggested what to do with these guys afterwards?

[wallwriter]

2. The Repugs want to expand it.

What will they do with all the new prisoners once the new Patriot Act is passed? Heaven forbid we should keep them in the US and have to file actual charges against them...