Pentagon to build $125 million "mini-city" for terror trials.

[Democrat 4 Ever]

Wanna guess who's idea this is? Who will be making money off of this deal? Thought we had plenty of jails, prisons, court rooms, judges, etc. to conduct legal proceedings right here in the US, why would we need to build more unless there is still some unclaimed no-bid contracts that need to be handed out by the BFEE.

News Update from Citizens for Legitimate Government
17 November 2006
http://www.legitgov.org/
http://www.legitgov.org/index.html#breaking_news

Pentagon wants to build mini-city for terror trials --The Pentagon wants to build a compound costing up to $125 million for upcoming military trials at Guantánamo. 17 Nov 2006 The Pentagon plans to build a military commissions compound at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, costing up to $125 million, a major undertaking meant to accommodate up to 1,200 people for the first U.S. war crimes trials since World War II, The Miami Herald learned Thursday.

*I posted this earlier but for some reason it disappeared down the rabbit hole. Sorry if it turns up to be a dupe.

[nam78_two]

1. wtf???

:wtf:
This is ridiculous....

[porphyrian]

2. Gee, who gets the no-bid contract to build it, I wonder... - n/t

:eyes:

[Divernan]

3. How conveeeeeeenient when Castro finally dies.

Then it can accomodate 1200 soldiers while Jeb leads an invasion, whoops, I mean, humanitarian relief effort - hasn't he stated recently that Florida is "preparing" for that event?

And as far as trials of terrorists go, since any acts for which they would be tried did not take place in Cuba - how will any defendants be able to bring in witnesses? Not to mention the costs/inconvenience for any of the civilian lawyers who have volunteered to defend them pro bono. The Hague would be available.

[Ezlivin]

4. $5 million to build, $120 million to grease palms and buy favors

That sounds about right.

Republican accounting makes Mafia accounting look childish.

[JawJaw]

5. Mmmmmmmm

Bechtel, perchance?

since the Iraq stuff has dried up...

[Supersedeas]

6. wonder who gets this 'robust' contract to build 'crony town'

[babylonsister]

7. Won't the new MAJORITY party have a say in this? nt

[Democrat 4 Ever]

8. Can contracts that have been let before the change of majority

be examined after January? I'm not sure exactly how government contracts work.

I've done three small government contracts but I had to jump through more hoops, bend over backward, genuflect before the Government Contract Gods just to get the little bit of work that I did (approx $50,000 for each of three contracts) and still came away feeling that somehow I would be responsible for personally bankrupting DC with each job.

I hope that this contract and thousands of more just like them are giving the googly eye after the fiscally responsible Dems take the reins in the upcoming future.

[Botany]

9. Terrorists to put on trail

[Old and In the Way]

10. What a joke.

The upside is we can use the facilities to prosecute the war profiteers and corporate criminals who are the real sources of terror and corruption that afflict our country. I'd say that room for 1200 would be about right to really clean up this country.

[Jed Dilligan]

11. Maybe they should put a Target there,

just for irony's sake.