Rep. Jon Porter (R-NV) Gitmo inmates are "happy to be there"

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

Wednesday, August 03, 2005
Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal

Porter back from Guantanamo

Nevada congressman says many captives are `happy to be there'
By STEVE TETREAULT
STEPHENS WASHINGTON BUREAU

http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Aug-03-Wed-2005/news/26987844.html

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Jon Porter returned from a one-day visit with positive reviews of the detention camp for terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Porter, R-Nev., said the military-run camp compares favorably to Nevada prisons, and that many of the captives "are happy to be there," where they can get medical and dental care.

"I would only wish that my loved ones or anyone's loved ones could be treated as well if they were captured by (Osama) bin Laden," Porter said.

Porter took an escorted tour Monday along with four other U.S. House members including Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., chairman of the House Government Reform Committee. They received a classified briefing from the camp commander, Brig. Gen. Jay Hood, toured medical facilities and maximum security and moderate security sections of the base and witnessed two interrogations.

[RageFist]

1. As a Nevadan

I can say I'm ashamed...I'll be calling his office :)

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

5. Here ya go:

218 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
ph: 202-225-3252
fax: [phone]

2501 N. Green Valley Parkway
Suite #112D
Henderson, NV 89014
ph: 702-387-4941
fax: [phone]

:toast:

[RageFist]

6. Green valley parkway

no shit haha I work on GVP...I should stop in during lunch sometime

[enlightenment]

9. Ditto on the shame

it is f**king embarassing to live in a state with such a complete cretin as a representative.
sigh.
Don't count on a response, however. I sent a civil, well-reasoned missive to Ensign -- don't recall the details; something stupid he said that demanded a response. Neither he nor his staff bothered to respond. Just as well, I suppose. I doubt he could say anything that would'nt curdle my stomach.

[wli]

2. that's why they scream "they torture us in here!" to inspectors?

What a lying fascist pig.

[Puzzler]

3. Yeah...

... I'm sure they're delighted.


-P

[Fenris]

4. Ah, Gitmo...America's tropical concentration camp...

Everything is rosy.

[kenny blankenship]

7. Sounds like Colin Powell

"In direct refutation of this (allegations of My Lai-style atrocities) portrayal is the fact that relations between Americal soldiers and the Vietnamese people are excellent." --Colin Powell, 1968

[indepat]

8. Maybe Jon Porter would be happy to be incarcerated there for a few years,

eating the food the prisoners eat, living in the conditions the prisoners live in, receiving the treatment the prisoners receive.

[yorkiemommie1]

10. during the Civil War

he would have said the slaves were happy too.

[brentspeak]

11. "Be happy in your work!"