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| Ted Cruz Proposes Bill To Declassify Terrorism Histories Of Gitmo Transfers |
| 2017-01-20 |
| [DAILYCALLER] Texas Sen. Ted Cruz introduced a bill on Tuesday that would declassify information about the terrorist activities of detainees at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba who have been released or transferred since Election Day. The move came after a report that the B.O. regime recently struck a deal with Oman to transfer 10 detainees from Gitmo. The move brings the total number of detainees down to less than 50. Cruz and other Republicans have been heavily critical of Obama’s transfers and of his promise to close the facility before leaving office. Republicans point to a statistic that 30 percent of detainees released or transferred from Gitmo either return to terrorist activities or are suspected of doing so. Obama has also been criticized for transferring detainees with known links to terrorists. Several close associates of the late Osama bin Laden ... who is now among the dear departed, though not among the dearest... -- drivers and bodyguards -- have been transferred from Gitmo. Cruz’s bill would allow the public access to the same information that the Defense Department and White House have used to determine whether detainees can be released or transferred. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 Grom is correct. They are not POWs under the Geneva convention and international law pretty much just sees them as unlawful combatants. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2017-01-20 14:12 |
| #7 They're not POWs, rjs. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-01-20 13:46 |
| #6 Typically POWs are kept for the duration. I don't think Al Queda has surrendered. This. Well said, rjschwarz. Do you cuss much? ;-) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2017-01-20 13:46 |
| #5 Typically POWs are kept for the duration. I don't think Al Queda has surrendered. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2017-01-20 12:10 |
| #4 I wouldn't mind seeing some of the info, but a lot of the specifics would have to be kept classified I think. Either way, dropping them off over the Atlantic at 15,000 feet is the best way to "release" them. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2017-01-20 10:52 |
| #3 Flynn needs to go pay Cruz an office visit on Monday and explain why this really is a bad idea. Calling them murdering SOB's is good enough for me. I need no further evidence. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-01-20 09:36 |
| #2 Sadly, the action is likely to illustrate how weak the 'catch and release' protocols really are as well as exposing sensitive collection methods. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-01-20 09:34 |
| #1 Perhaps this will keep 0bean from releasing the last tranche of prisoners . . . . |
| Posted by: gorb 2017-01-20 00:10 |