Reid acknowledges Guantanamo detainees will need to be relocated to U.S. prisons.
Reid acknowledges Guantanamo detainees will need to be relocated to U.S. prisons.
After previously suggesting that he wouldn’t support Guantanamo detainees being relocated to the U.S., Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) acknowledged in an interview with a local news station that some Gitmo detainees will be put in federal prisons. While conservatives have baselessly claimed that “terrorists” could roam in Americans’ “backyards” if Guantanamo is closed, Reid defended the ability of the U.S. prison system to hold dangerous criminals:
REID: A maximum security prison in the United States, there has never been a single escape.
Q: You think eventually the plan is going to be to put them in maximum security prisons here in this country, correct?
REID: I think some. Keep in mind, Jon, there’s so many different issues. There’s no question that a number of these people who are there are not guilty of anything. The Uighurs, these are a group of Muslim Chinese who are guilty of nothing. They were arrested, put in there. They are there. They are doing nothing. We’re going to have to find someplace to put them. We can’t send them back to China. Should they go into a maximum security prison? Probably not.”
Needless to say, some Guantanamo detainees will need to be relocated to the United States in order to close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. Reid is now trying to coax his colleagues into supporting Obama’s position, following the president’s speech last week. “The vast majority of the Senate – Democrats, certainly – agree that it should be closed,” Reid said. “And it’s going to be closed.”
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Make up your mind, Harry.
May 27th, 2009 at 12:34 pmI think putting the Gitmo detainees in conservative pundit’s back yards would be an excellent solution.
May 27th, 2009 at 12:36 pmNothing like having the President attend a big fundraiser to change Reid’s tune.
Can’t the Dems find someone better to serve as majority leader?
PEACE
May 27th, 2009 at 12:39 pmThis whole meme about how if we house detainees in the US, the “terrorists” will come here and try to break them out is ridiculous. How are they going to get into the US to break them out? If that was the case, they would have attempted a jail break at Guantanamo a long time ago because it would be much easier for a “terrorist” to get close to Guantanamo than close to a maximum security prison in the US.
May 27th, 2009 at 12:40 pmobamawipe$ Says:
reid, you’re still in the minority…38%’ers.
And what 38% would that be?
May 27th, 2009 at 12:40 pmobamawipe$ Says:
Conservatives don’t want them here, see the hypocrisy in your post, “elbruce?” Why not put them in, say, olbermanns back yard, he wants them here.
Why not put them in the vacant prison in a small town in Montana. THEY want them there. They don’t seem to be a bunch of wussies like the Republics are.
May 27th, 2009 at 12:41 pmYou’ve got to give it to Harry, he is consistently inconsistent.
May 27th, 2009 at 12:42 pmobamawipe$ Says:
How are they going to get into the US to break them out?
Oh, maybe mexico or canada. Airplane?
Right… They are just going to waltz over the borders or fly a private airplane into the US. If it was that easy to get into our country, why are we not populated by “terrorists” by this time?
May 27th, 2009 at 12:43 pmflipflop
May 27th, 2009 at 12:43 pmspencers mom Says:
Can’t the Dems find someone better to serve as majority leader?
They can, they just won’t, for some strange reason.
May 27th, 2009 at 12:43 pmElBruce Says: That would be HI-larious!
The conservatives supported Bush rounding up detainees, therefore, they should bare the responsibility of providing prisons for those detainees who are found guilty. There shouldn’t be any objection! Reid needs to MAN-UP.
May 27th, 2009 at 12:43 pmGitmo is just another big turd in Bush’s legacy, waiting for the majority party to clean it up.
Expect more big turds to come.
It’s like troll droppings here, but on a worldwide stage.
On a brighter note, once Gitmo is empty, we’ll have room in it for Rove, Cheney & the rest of the ‘gang that couldn’t tell the truth’.
May 27th, 2009 at 12:44 pmI see Archie’s back with a new moniker. Same hate, different day.
PEACE
May 27th, 2009 at 12:44 pmobamawipe$ Says:
Oh, maybe mexico or canada. Airplane?
May 27th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
Only on George W. Bush’s watch, Rapunzel.
May 27th, 2009 at 12:44 pmostensibly, were governed by people with the intellect of children.
May 27th, 2009 at 12:47 pmThere are terrorists already here,
Note to self:
Ask my broker to buy more stock in Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Inc…
May 27th, 2009 at 12:49 pmobamawipe$ Says:
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reid, you’re still in the minority…38%’ers
That’s still higher than Cheney’s and Lamebaugh’s! LOL
May 27th, 2009 at 12:50 pmobamawipe$ Says:
reid, you’re still in the minority…38%’ers.
Yeah, 60 seats out of 100 equals 38%. Sure
You must have passed the Rove Math class with flying colors, numbnuts.
May 27th, 2009 at 12:50 pmThe Uighurs, these are a group of Muslim Chinese who are guilty of nothing.
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I really hate it when people say this. Uighurs are not Chinese. They’re just from territory occupied by China. It’s like saying Palestinians are Israeli Muslims.
May 27th, 2009 at 12:51 pmconservawipe, where is this “And, by a 57% to 28% margin, voters oppose moving any of the suspected terrorists to prisons in the United States.” linked, may I ask?
May 27th, 2009 at 12:52 pmConservatives don’t want them here…
Hellllllloooooo! They are already here.
Where do you think Zacharias
May 27th, 2009 at 12:54 pmMoussaoui is in prison? Where is the “Blind Sheikh”,
the mastermind of the 1993 WTC attacks, housed?
This is what we should do.
1. House the guilty folks in maximum security prisons.
2. Ensure that “red” states and “red” Congressional
districts get adequate supply of toilet paper and
diapers.
Easy!
May 27th, 2009 at 12:55 pmGee, when Timothy McVeigh was in prison, I didn’t see him roaming through America’s backyards while he was there.
May 27th, 2009 at 12:56 pmHas anyone ask the detainees where they would prefer to be housed? I think they should visit and tour a Super Max prison in the US then take a vote, publish the results (using standard Acorn ballots, counted by standard Acorn employees) and make all available to the world so it could be said, that by the Democratic process, the captured guests have picked where they want to live and we will be seen in a much better light around the globe. Mission accomplished! We should include foreign prisons also. My guess is they would say thanks but no thanks we prefer to be right here in Gitmo, and could you move a little to the left please, your blocking my sun…….dude!
May 27th, 2009 at 12:57 pmThis is a bad cartoon … a major political party contending that the Justice Department, a department under their oversight, policy-setting and budgeting wing, will release terrorists into people’s backyards. With that in mind, perhaps Republicans no longer deserve to be a major political party.
May 27th, 2009 at 1:01 pmThis issue is the one which very clearly encapsulates the GOP and it’s problems: They are scared of everything. I mean just frightened of everything. Maybe if most of them weren’t home-schooled, they could understand the world is a complicated place. To their thinking, anyone who looks different and doesn’t wrap their entire being around the Bible, then they must be scary people. Quick hint to our frightened trolls: There are many billions of Muslims on the planet. Billions of Muslims. Are they all scary too?
Bush set the world on fire, and we are trying to make it right.
May 27th, 2009 at 1:01 pmSlappyBastinado Says:
Has anyone ask the detainees where they would prefer to be housed?
May 27th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
Given the choice, I think they’d just rather go home.
How many times did your mother drop you on your head? And how many times was it accidental?
May 27th, 2009 at 1:02 pmHasn’t this argument been played out already? I’ts absolutely ridiculous the GOPers hysteria over this. Super Prisons would have no problem handling these guys. What a bunch of wimps! Like Jon Stewart said, I would rather be in a cell next to a Gitmo inmate, than the brain eater.
May 27th, 2009 at 1:02 pmYour treatment of everything as a joke, Slappy, is the reason Americans voted to remove your reflection from Washington.
May 27th, 2009 at 1:03 pmYou’d think even the GOP trolls would get tired of being frightened all the time. How can they function in that state? The chance of winning the lottery every time you play is higher than you being hurt by a ‘terrorist’. Are they scared of the lottery too? I mean come on.
May 27th, 2009 at 1:07 pmSlappy, if you truly believe the detainees were housed in Gitmo to keep America safe, that we have housed all of these dangerous criminals in places outside of the US was in the name of public safety, I have a nice bridge in NY to sell you. Cheap.
May 27th, 2009 at 1:07 pmIf the GOP just had a little confidence and trust in our law enforcement professionals, they would sleep better at night.
I trust them to keep me safe, why doesn’t the GOP respect our law enforcement folks? Are they scared of them too?
May 27th, 2009 at 1:09 pmBut I tawt yall wuz tuff guys, awl dem gunz n weppons
May 27th, 2009 at 1:11 pmQuestion: who were the first wtc attackers and where are they today?
May 27th, 2009 at 1:13 pmSEVEN DAYS AGO:
REID: I’m saying that the United States Senate, Democrats and Republicans, do not want terrorists to be released in the United States. That’s very clear.
QUESTION: No one’s talking about releasing them. We’re talking about putting them in prison somewhere in the United States.
REID: Can’t put them in prison unless you release them.
QUESTION: Sir, are you going to clarify that a little bit? …
REID: I can’t make it any more clear than the statement I have given to you. We will never allow terrorists to be released in the United States.
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Good article on Reid:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-cesca/closing-guantanamo-and-ou_b_205944.html
May 27th, 2009 at 1:14 pmIt is getting tiring to have to explain to my friends in Europe just how useless and weak the GOP has become in the last 8 years or so. They thought the GOP was the party of Reagan, Charleton Heston, John Wayne, and other ‘tough’ guys. No so much anymore. I’ll tell ya, they are frightened of everything. It is sad to watch.
May 27th, 2009 at 1:15 pmReid seems to be following Petraeus’ lead.
May 27th, 2009 at 1:15 pmobamawipe$ Says: Conservatives don’t want them here
Too bad wuss.
Some are already here and more are on the way.
Do you need any help packing? We’d hate for you to get left behind the mass-exodus of Regressive troglodytes.
May 27th, 2009 at 1:15 pmI have trust in our law enforcement officials, just not in Harry Reid and his friends in Congress to make decisions based on anything other than political expediency. Evidence Reid’s sagging poll numbers, flip flop to Obama’s side, and Obama’s trip to Las Vegas.
BTW, some of those detainees who yes have been deemed releasable, have not yet been due to concerns of persecution when they do return to their country of origin.
May 27th, 2009 at 1:15 pmI have never heard in my life that anybody outside of the Executive branch gets to say which federal detainees are housed in which federal detention facilities. If you don’t want a SuperMax in your state, then fine, don’t have one. If you accept the facility (and the money and jobs that go with it) then you can assume that bad people are going to be put in it. You don’t get to choose which bad people, though.
All of these state reps crying about it can just have their penitentiaries taken away from them.
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obamawipe$ Says:
Conservatives don’t want them here, see the hypocrisy in your post, “elbruce?”
I don’t give a rodent’s rectum what they want. They’re the ones who put back yards on the table. Obama was just talking about federal SuperMax facilities, and they were all like “back yards!” So that’s what they can have.
May 27th, 2009 at 1:23 pmHarry Reid’s “friends in Congress” are YOUR friends, Romartin.
May 27th, 2009 at 1:24 pmKeith Says:
REID: Can’t put them in prison unless you release them.
May 27th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
This statement is incomprehensible.
I’m off to class — have fun storming the trollie bridge!
May 27th, 2009 at 1:26 pmAs if we needed more proof that Republicans are whiny little babies, here comes romo to provide some
May 27th, 2009 at 1:26 pmBye Zooey, come back when you don’t have any class! :)
May 27th, 2009 at 1:30 pmeven the ones that voted for Obama?
May 27th, 2009 at 1:33 pmquestion for the trolls:
Why have you guys let Cheney and Bush terrorize you into believing that you are in constant danger?
May 27th, 2009 at 1:35 pmStratRat Says:
Quick hint to our frightened trolls: There are many billions of Muslims
Not quite “many billions:”
http://www.religioustolerance.org/worldrel.htm
Religion Date|Founded|Sacred Texts|Membership…|% of World
May 27th, 2009 at 1:39 pm————————————————————–
Christianity.|30 CE..|The Bible…|2,039 million|32%(dropping)
Islam……..|622 CE.|Qur’an……|1,226 million|19%(growing)
………………….& Hadith
CZ-1 Says:
StratRat Says:
Quick hint to our frightened trolls: There are many billions of Muslims
Not quite “many billions:”
The number of ’stated’ adherants are always lower than those who have not been asked or have declined to state their religous preference. The bottom line is that the Christian faith is declining in numbers while the Islamic faith is increasing in numbers. We must either get along, or be at war for the forseeable future.
May 27th, 2009 at 1:54 pmobamawipe$ Says:
“How are they going to get into the US to break them out?”
Oh, maybe mexico or canada. Airplane?
But why would they break them out?
I mean, seriously. These are the same guys that are trying (according to Darth Cheney) to attack the USA… it would be far easier for them to attack some random target, instead of attacking a heavily fortified Supermax prison.
May 27th, 2009 at 1:55 pmNo one is afraid of ALL Muslims, Rant and Rat (frick and frat), that seems to be your unaddressed fear.
Just afraid of the ones who like to behead and terrorize and such.
May 27th, 2009 at 2:07 pmobamawipe$ Says:
A look into the mind of a partisan living in denial……very telling..
What, exactly, am I denying?
May 27th, 2009 at 2:19 pmReid is an idiot no matter how much he back peddles.
May 27th, 2009 at 2:42 pmRomartin16985 Says:
No one is afraid of ALL Muslims, Rant and Rat (frick and frat), that seems to be your unaddressed fear.
Just afraid of the ones who like to behead and terrorize and such.
Bullsh!t. You don’t think people read your words? You and your GOP crybabies are scared of all who don’t think and act like you. You cannot understand that the world is not what you want it to be. It is very complicated and it would have been best for you to avoid the lousy home-schooling and got out a little more often.
If you can figure out stuff – which is still under debate – you will realize that the chance of you or anyone you know getting hurt by a ‘terrorist’ is lower than almost any other probablility. Bush let us get hurt on 9/11, so we don’t count that as Bush knew what was going to happen and let it happen. Bush also let the anthrax attacks go without any valid invesitgation or prosecution, so we don’t count that one either – but still Bush is a hero to you. Go figure.
It’s ok with me if you are scared of boogey men. I am hopeful your own children don’t see you crawled up in a ball, wimpering like a little girl. I am worried you might be helping the next generation of GOPr’s learn how to be as scared as you appear to be. They deserve your strength, not your tears.
May 27th, 2009 at 2:44 pm28. SlappyBastinado Says:
Were you born this stupid or did your mama drop you on your head when you are a baby. I haven’t read one post by you that makes any sense at all. If you are old enough, I suggest you take a critical thinking class at your local JC. It will help you greatly.
May 27th, 2009 at 2:48 pmRomartin16985 Says:
No one is afraid of ALL Muslims, Rant and Rat (frick and frat), that seems to be your unaddressed fear.
Just afraid of the ones who like to behead and terrorize and such.
You know, if I knew I was going to die and I had my choice between being beheaded or tortured to death, I would take being beheaded any day.
Do you have any idea how many detainees we have tortured to death? Dead is dead. So we torture them to death rather than beheading them. Does that make us better than they are?
May 27th, 2009 at 2:50 pmFor Romartin:
Since August 2002, nearly 100 detainees have died while in the hands of U.S. officials in the global “war on terror.” According to the U.S. military’s own classifications, 34 of these cases are suspected or confirmed homicides; Human Rights First has identified another 11 in which the facts suggest death as a result of physical abuse or harsh conditions of detention. In close to half the deaths Human Rights First surveyed, the cause of death remains officially undetermined or unannounced. Overall, eight people in U.S. custody were tortured to death.
http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/us_law/etn/dic/exec-sum.asp
So Romartin, how many Americans have been beheaded by the “terrorists”. I’m betting it’s way less than the number we have murdered.
May 27th, 2009 at 2:52 pmobamawipe$ Says:
Why have you guys let Cheney and Bush terrorize you into believing that you are in constant danger?
Checked the threat level, lately? Seems obama disagrees with you.
Would you care to link to any article saying that Obama has called a “threat level” orange…red…whatever?
Or even any article where Obama has said we are under immediate threat of attack?
What…you can’t? Well then, there you go idiot.
May 27th, 2009 at 2:55 pmRomartin is exactly what is wrong – and has been wrong – in this country the last 8+ years. The GOP turned an entire political party into a large group of WATB. They don’t even pretend anymore to be strong and brave – they openly admit they are scared of a statistical improbablility. They drive their cars – not knowing they are more likely to get injured in a crash that becoming a ‘terror’ victim. They use their microwaves, not knowing that hundreds die a year from its use. They clean their rain gutters, not knowing that hundreds a year are killed or injured falling off a ladder.
But still they climb under their beds and wet themselves whenever they are told to by the mighty GOP fright machine. Stay classy Romartin – you strong and brave wimp.
May 27th, 2009 at 2:58 pmRomartin16985 Says:
Just afraid of the ones who like to behead and terrorize and such.
TERRORWIPES for those awkward times, and the messes they leave behind…
May 27th, 2009 at 2:59 pmWhat…you can’t? Well then, there you go idiot.
Poor Romartin couldn’t find his @$$hole without a flashlight and a butter knife. Stay scared Romartin – you are always good for a laugh.
May 27th, 2009 at 3:00 pmHAHAHAHHAHA!
Rat,
Sounds like you’re the one whos a ‘fraidy cat -don’t let your rain gutters and that murderous microwave get you!
May 27th, 2009 at 3:08 pm#4
You ignorant piece of filth. IF Americans cared what conservatives thought you wouldnt have gotten your A$$E$$ handed to you the last two elections. So go sit in the corner and STFU while the adults run things for a while. Remember you are stupid and you are a punkass troll
May 27th, 2009 at 3:08 pm#56
No one can look into YOUR mind because you dont have one. You are STUPID. You are a moron and THINKING just flat isnt in your future. You were born a moron you will die a moron and you will be a moron every day in between
May 27th, 2009 at 3:12 pmobamawipe$ Says:
Checked the threat level, lately? Seems obama disagrees with you.
I feel pretty safe now that competent people are in government.
May 27th, 2009 at 4:14 pmi never did get an answer… and now it’s probably too late…
but, here goes again:
why did reid even bring up that vote last week (or whenever),
that allowed the dems to act like pussies and embarrass the prez?
why didn’t he, instead, say “let’s see a plan and THEN we’ll vote on it”…?
serious question(s)…
was it a procedure? a deadline? what?
and then ask the prez to help you with fundraising… huh?
May 27th, 2009 at 5:04 pmWhat is the deal with beheading? We turn Iraqi and Afghani children into “pink mists” with cluster bombs. If someone did that to my child, I might think that beheading them was kind.
May 27th, 2009 at 7:03 pmAGGGGAHHAHAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! NOOOOOOOOOO THE TERRORISTS ARE COMING HERE!!!! AAAAAAAAHHHHHH! WE CANT HANDLE IT!!!! The dude that eats people’s brains also, the prisoner that pleasures himself by cutting holes in others’ flesh for which to fornicate in BETTER RUN, the terrorists are coming!
Hey obamawipes, doesn’t it make your life miserable that your pathetic intellect is decimated on a regular basis? Bring your troll friends, these guys are willing to shred your half-arguements anytime.
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Supermax too full for Guantanamo detainees
http://www.denverpost.com/ci_12424986
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