The president is himself a prisoner, hemmed in by rules that make releasing captives nearly impossible.
Congress has made it nearly impossible to transfer captives anywhere. Legislation passed since Obama took office has created a series of roadblocks that mean that only a federal court order or a national security waiver issued by Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta could trump Congress and permit the release of a detainee to another country.
Congress has used its spending oversight authority both to forbid the White House from financing trials of Guantánamo captives on U.S. soil and to block the acquisition of a state prison in Illinois to hold captives currently held in Cuba who would not be put on trial ― a sort of Guantánamo North.
no, It is a legal prison that follows the Geneva conventions regarding the treatment of hostiles at war. This facility is the reason why terror is on the decline. And think of it like this if you were to be captured in a time of war, taking hostile action against an enemy, would you rather be captured by the Americans as an Islamist fighter or would you rather be captured by the Islamist fighters as an American soldier regardless of religion. I would choose to be captured by the American simply because you don't ever hear of American POWs only american dead and wounded..
It would take a lot of work to build a dam that big and pump all the water out. And think about all the sea creatures that would be homeless.
I think we need to send the Members of Congress there forever
no, lets keep those nuts OUT of this Country!
Not from what I have read
I was reading a book about it and there are some prisoners that are under 15 years old and others that was accused falsly. Should Guantanamo Bay close down?
