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House Votes to Allow GITMO prisoners into US for trial

by Karl Gotthardt - albertacowpoke | October 15, 2009 at 09:38 am

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According to FOX News.com, the House of Representatives has voted overwhelmingly to permit Guantanamo prisoners into the United States for Trial.

The measure will still have to be approved by the Senate.

If the Senate passes this measure it will clear the way for President Obama to close GITMO.

Instead, the House stood by a Democratic plan to allow suspected enemy combatants held at Guantanamo to be shipped to U.S. soil only to be prosecuted for their suspected crimes. President Obama has ordered the facility closed in January but has yet to offer a plan to accomplish that.

Democratic leaders had to push hard to win the 193-24 vote because many lawmakers see political danger in voting to move detainees from Guantanamo.

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nanute

at 09:51 on October 15th, 2009

Oh boy! The "debate" in the Senate should be very interesting. I heard Montana was willing to house them in that new jail they built that doesn't have any inmates.

Karl Gotthardt - albertacowpoke

at 09:56 on October 15th, 2009

You.re right, politics is getting more and more interesting:) Montana is just South of me, I.m not sure I.m keen on that.

Amy Judd

at 15:32 on October 15th, 2009

The_Cynic

at 16:50 on October 15th, 2009

I have no idea what the fear is in having them in the US jail system - have you ever actually looked at some of the nutcases that are locked up there?

It isn't as if they are going to be in an open prison now is it?

And, if they are innocent, they should be released.

Karl Gotthardt - albertacowpoke

at 18:09 on October 15th, 2009

I don.t think that the problem is that there is fear to have them in a US prison system. The opponents to this move don.t want them to be tried under the same rule as US citizens. I guess we won.t know if they.re guilty or not until they are tried.