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2010-12-12 Home Front: WoT

Obama's reckless Gitmo policy deserves no Congressional help

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Posted by ryuge 2010-12-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Crowley first grossly misstated the pertinent facts, intimating that the recidivists had been ordered released by the courts.
Not us, man, we're just willing dupes!

In fact, most of the hundreds of former detainees were released pursuant to diplomatic agreements, the lions share of them during the Bush years, when the Gitmo population was more than four times its present level.
And who complained about that? Our 'allies'? Islamic enemies? Or the State Department?

Furthermore, federal judges have no authority to order detainees released. It is true that, in several cases, the judges have ruled that the military designation of a detainee as an enemy combatant was based on insufficient evidence.
In one man's opinion. Or maybe three. How many of them went to Gitmo to see what they were dealing with? How many were spat upon by the animals they were worried about?

Once a judge strikes the designation, it is for the executive branch to decide whether to appeal, detain on alternative grounds, or try to find a country willing to accept custody.
And this is where the follies begin.

It is the Obama administration that has effectively given the courts the power to unloose jihadists. According to Crowley, vacating the combatant designation is the same as directing release. This, the Obama administration holds, is what the rule of law dictates. I am hopeful the Trunk House will not continue to fund such follies, let alone actually close Gitmo.

Posted by Bobby 2010-12-12 09:37|| 2010-12-12 09:37|| Front Page Top

#2 Well, if they're holding a quarter less now, Congress can authorize Gitmo to lend-lease out some of that capacity. "I don't say... 'Neighbor, my garden hose cost me $15; you have to pay me $15 for it' I don't want $15 I want my garden hose back after the fire is over."

Posted by Procopius2k 2010-12-12 11:46|| 2010-12-12 11:46|| Front Page Top

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