Detainees could go free in the US
ByObama’s plans to bring Gitmo detainees to the US is a bad idea, a really bad idea.
These terrorists could be set free by judges here in the US. Apparently Obama and his attorney general don’t care. Politico reported:
When it comes to keeping Guantanamo inmates locked up indefinitely in the United States, the problem really isn’t the jails, some lawyers say—it’s the judges and the law.
While some Americans fear that Guantanamo prisoners brought to U.S. prisons might break out, a far more likely possibility is that some of the terror suspects will simply walk out at some point in the future on the order of a federal judge.
On Friday, Attorney General Eric Holder announced plans to bring five men from Gitmo to New York to face trial in a civilian court for allegedly plotting the Sept. 11 attacks. The Justice Department is likely to transfer several dozen inmates to the U.S. later for open-ended detention, and dozens more could join them if the U.S. can’t find another country to accept them.
Critics are warning that prosecutions are inherently unpredictable and that bringing prisoners onto U.S. soil dramatically improves their chances of being released here some day. ….
Gee, once these terrorists are set free here in the US will democrats move to grant them legal citizenship?
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The Obama administration has found a huge double-dip in this scenario.
#1. It gives a chance to excoriate the Bush administration and the CIA.
#2. The trials will play out over a long period of time. This will allow Obama and the Democrats cover for accomplishing their agenda. Remember when things got hot for President Clinton during the Lewinsky scandal? What would he do? Bomb the Serbians or create other distractions abroad.
The American people cannot allow themselves to be distracted from the plight of the healthcare debacle soon to be debated in the Senate.