Post by unlawflcombatnt on Jan 9, 2011 10:58:54 GMT -6
Surprise, surprise!
The Great Prevaricator has broken yet another campaign promise. Obama has once again ensured that Guantanamo stays open, going directly against another campaign promise.
from Yahoo News:
Obama, in blow to closing Guantanamo, signs law
By Alister Bull
Fri, Jan 7, 2011
"President Barack Obama, in a setback to hopes for the quick closing of the Guantanamo Bay prison, reluctantly signed a bill on Friday barring suspects held there from being brought to the United States for trial....
Obama said he was left with no choice but to sign the defense authorization act for fiscal 2011....
Obama has vowed to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, which has drawn international condemnation for the treatment of detainees, but has met stiff resistance at home.
The bill includes sections blocking funding for the transfer of suspects from the Guantanamo prison to the United States. It also restricts the use of funds to ship them to other countries, unless specified conditions are met.
[ What "specified conditions" ?? You mean, like when we really, really, really need to torture em?? ]
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said the legislation Obama signed into law showed there was overwhelming bipartisan opposition to bringing Guantanamo detainees to the United States for trial and detention.
The provisions expire on September 30, at the end of the current fiscal year. What happens at that point depends on what Congress decides on defense authorization....
There are still 174 detainees at the Guantanamo prison and about three dozen were set for prosecution in either U.S. criminal courts or military commissions. Republicans have demanded the trials be held at Guantanamo.
In a May 2009 speech, Obama said there was a need for "prolonged detention" for some terrorism suspects who could not be tried but posed a threat to security.
U.S. officials say trials are not possible in some cases because evidence was obtained through torture or is classified."
And to think that this guy was a "Constitutional" lawyer.
The Great Prevaricator has broken yet another campaign promise. Obama has once again ensured that Guantanamo stays open, going directly against another campaign promise.
from Yahoo News:
Obama, in blow to closing Guantanamo, signs law
By Alister Bull
Fri, Jan 7, 2011
"President Barack Obama, in a setback to hopes for the quick closing of the Guantanamo Bay prison, reluctantly signed a bill on Friday barring suspects held there from being brought to the United States for trial....
Obama said he was left with no choice but to sign the defense authorization act for fiscal 2011....
Obama has vowed to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, which has drawn international condemnation for the treatment of detainees, but has met stiff resistance at home.
The bill includes sections blocking funding for the transfer of suspects from the Guantanamo prison to the United States. It also restricts the use of funds to ship them to other countries, unless specified conditions are met.
[ What "specified conditions" ?? You mean, like when we really, really, really need to torture em?? ]
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said the legislation Obama signed into law showed there was overwhelming bipartisan opposition to bringing Guantanamo detainees to the United States for trial and detention.
The provisions expire on September 30, at the end of the current fiscal year. What happens at that point depends on what Congress decides on defense authorization....
There are still 174 detainees at the Guantanamo prison and about three dozen were set for prosecution in either U.S. criminal courts or military commissions. Republicans have demanded the trials be held at Guantanamo.
In a May 2009 speech, Obama said there was a need for "prolonged detention" for some terrorism suspects who could not be tried but posed a threat to security.
U.S. officials say trials are not possible in some cases because evidence was obtained through torture or is classified."
And to think that this guy was a "Constitutional" lawyer.