Reply #1: I think you have identified the big Neo-con fear.. [View All]

[whoneedstickets]

Closing Gitmo means bringing the dangerous inmates to trial in the US. However these trials will involve vigorous discovery activity which will reveal the extent of torture in the system and WHO authorized it. When the courts throw out illegally obtained evidence, the bad guys may walk. The tactic the nec-cons are now engaged in is trying to shift blame for this likely outcome from the torturers (them) to the guy who closed it down.