U.S. military looks into moving some Guantanamo detainees to military sites: media

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

US | Sat Aug 15, 2015 10:28am EDT

U.S. military looks into moving some Guantanamo detainees to military sites: media

WASHINGTON

The U.S. Department of Defense is sending a team to military installations in Kansas and South Carolina to investigate the possibility of relocating some Guantanamo Bay prisoners to U.S. soil, media outlets reported on Saturday.

Fox News and CNN said the Pentagon on Friday notified the U.S. Congress that the team was already visiting the disciplinary barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and would then survey the naval brig at Charleston, South Carolina, in the coming weeks.

Republicans, who control Congress, swiftly condemned the idea of moving detainees into the United States and close to major military posts, according to Fox News.

President Barack Obama pledged at his inauguration in 2009 that he would close the detention facility at the Guantanamo naval base and his administration is racing to make good on the promise before he leaves office. Recently, it secured commitments from a dozen countries to accept nearly half of the 52 Guantanamo prisoners already cleared for transfer.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/15/us-usa-military-guantanamo-idUSKCN0QK0G120150815

[Hydra]

1. I'd rather they put them on trial or release them if they have no case

But I guess that's just verboten these days.