Harkin Introduces The Guantanamo Closure Act of 2007

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http://www.talkleft.com/story/2007/5/23/214724/571

Sen. Tom Harkin has introduced The Guantanamo Closure Act of 2007. From the ACLU:

The ACLU today welcomed Senator Tom Harkin's (D-IA) introduction of the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility Closure Act of 2007, a bill that would close the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The bill cuts off funds for everything except sending charged or sentenced detainees to Fort Leavenworth and transferring the remaining detainees to their home countries or other countries that will not torture or abuse them. The bill would effectively end the practice of indefinite detention without charge or due process for detainees who have been held for as long as five years without charge and without knowing the reason for their detention. It will also provide an incentive for the government to finally charge those detainees the government believes are guilty of crimes against the United States.

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The bill requires the president to close the facility within 120 days of enactment. Within that time, detainees will be sent either to the United States Disciplinary Barracks at Ft. Leavenworth, KS, or transferred to another country that will not torture or abuse them. The Secretary of Defense can obtain an additional renewal period of 120 days to hold the detainee if the government is preparing charges and has a logistical need for the additional time.

Your help is needed to garner support for the bill in Congress. Follow the links above and send the letter to your Senators.

More details available here.

[msongs]

1. oh no, bush will veto...will the dems cave on this too? nt

[frazzled]

2. Good for him

It's about time for this essential bill. Makes me feel good I cast (or maybe threw away) my primary vote for Tom Harkin way back in 1992. I really didn't care for that Clinton guy back then: especially his stand on the death penalty.

I don't care if Bush vetoes it. Just keep pushing these bills. We're not going to win against a completely intransigent White House that commands the full support of its party, even when they know it's wrong. I don't care if we keep losing these things. Just keep doing them.

[Warren Stupidity]

3. Won't get out of the senate.

Another empty gesture. Yeah team! Rah Rah!

[Phredicles]

4. Gitmo should be plowed under with salt,

but this is a NICE start - bravo Sen. Harkin.:applause: