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| Obama vetoes $612 bln defense bill citing Gitmo, ‘gimmicks’ | |||
| 2015-10-25 | |||
[AlArabiya] U.S. President Barack ObamaReady to Rule from Day One... vetoed a $612 billion defense spending bill Thursday, saying it prevented the closure of Guantanamo Bay prison and wasted money on unwanted programs. Making a rare public show of rejecting a law, Obama said the text agreed by the Republican-controlled Congress "falls woefully short" in key areas. Obama said the bill did "a number of good things," including reforming military retirement and funding cyber security, but "resorts to gimmicks" and funded unwanted programs. He zeroed in on provisions that would restrict the transfer of prisoners from Guantanamo Bay on the tip of Cuba, to the United States. "This legislation specifically impedes our ability to close Guantanamo," he said. "Guantanamo is one of the premier mechanisms for jihadists to recruit, it is time for us to close it. It's outdated, it's expensive." After embarrassing false starts, Obama is making a final push to close Guantanamo prison. But to fulfill that glaringly incomplete campaign promise he faces unpalatable compromises and internal resistance. But the fate of those deemed too dangerous to release, but too difficult to prosecute, has stymied his efforts.
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| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #4 Reopen Portsmouth. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2015-10-25 15:10 |
| #3 Besides, they are not POWs. They are illegal combatants. They were not in uniform, for example. Under the Geneva Conventions, they can be given a summary court martial and then executed. We should have done that years ago. Then Obama could close Gitmo and turn the base over to Castro. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2015-10-25 15:09 |
| #2 Rudolf Hess hanged himself with an electrical cord in Spandau jail on August 17, 1987, at the age of 93. WWII had been over for over 42 years. Few complained about keeping Hess incarcerated at Spandau as it's only prisoner. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2015-10-25 09:53 |
| #1 But the fate of those deemed too dangerous to release, but too difficult to prosecute, has stymied his efforts. Formally classify them as POWs in the legislation. Use the powers of Article III, and remove the jurisdiction over POWs from the judiciary and resident solely in military authority and tribunals. And if you really want to put a crimp in it, make any interference into the process by any member of the judiciary grounds for impeachment and removal. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-10-25 09:46 |