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Closing it would mean having the prisoners moved elsewhere, but not a change to how they are being dealt with. That's the real issue; the location isn't what

Closing it would mean having the prisoners moved elsewhere, but not a change to how they are being dealt with. That's the real issue; the location isn't what matters.

skyraider 14y ago
He could also order due process to start tomorrow. Maybe there are a few issues with sending people back to their countries, but certainly not in all cases.
- scotty79 14y ago
  That would be devastating hit on US gov reputation, all this people available to the press. I think they are just hoping meteor will hit this place eventually and wipe it out without any concern on their part.
  - gsnedders 14y ago
    In the UK at least it's continuing to do harm for the US government reputation every time the media bring it up, or worse yet, bring up the fact that there are British citizens still there whom the British government wants to repatriate yet the US won't release. The majority of the British citizens who have formerly been in there have made front-page news (at least in the UK) every time any have been released.
- cynwoody 14y ago
  > He could also order due process to start tomorrow. The correct course of action, obviously. > Maybe there are a few issues with sending people back to their countries, but certainly not in all cases. Well, as Commander in Chief, he could just order the Marines to cut a hole in Gitmo's perimeter fence and shoo the prisoners into Cuber though it. I'm sure Fidel and Raúl would be pleased to handle their homeward travel arrangements, albeit not quietly. Hell, Obama could even save some postage by having the Marines entrust the prisoners to a deliver a $4085 check to the Treasurer General of the [Cuban] Republic, in payment of Gitmo's annual rental[1]. [1] http://www.reuters.com/article/2007/08/17/idUSN17200921 http://www.reuters.com/article/2007/08/17/idUSN17200921
- rayiner 14y ago
  He wanted them tried in E.D. Va. Virginia had a shitfit, then every other state said: "no fucking way you're trying those terrorists in our state." No U.S. jurisdiction wants to play host to these people to give them a trial.
jacquesm 14y ago
> the location isn't what matters. The location is what allowed it to exist in the first place. It matters a great deal.
- BHSPitMonkey 14y ago
  Due process could be instated at the current location, or the detainees could be moved to another location and be treated exactly the same. The location is not the problem.
lignuist 14y ago
If there is no clean accusation: let them go where ever they want to go and compensate them for the time in jail. That would be the normal way democracies should deal with such things. If there is a clean accusation, they can be brought to any other jail in the US.

Closing it would mean having the prisoners moved elsewhere, but not a change to how they are being dealt with. That's the real issue; the location isn't what matters.

skyraider 14y ago

He could also order due process to start tomorrow. Maybe there are a few issues with sending people back to their countries, but certainly not in all cases.

scotty79 14y ago
That would be devastating hit on US gov reputation, all this people available to the press. I think they are just hoping meteor will hit this place eventually and wipe it out without any concern on their part.
- gsnedders 14y ago
  In the UK at least it's continuing to do harm for the US government reputation every time the media bring it up, or worse yet, bring up the fact that there are British citizens still there whom the British government wants to repatriate yet the US won't release. The majority of the British citizens who have formerly been in there have made front-page news (at least in the UK) every time any have been released.
cynwoody 14y ago
> He could also order due process to start tomorrow. The correct course of action, obviously. > Maybe there are a few issues with sending people back to their countries, but certainly not in all cases. Well, as Commander in Chief, he could just order the Marines to cut a hole in Gitmo's perimeter fence and shoo the prisoners into Cuber though it. I'm sure Fidel and Raúl would be pleased to handle their homeward travel arrangements, albeit not quietly. Hell, Obama could even save some postage by having the Marines entrust the prisoners to a deliver a $4085 check to the Treasurer General of the [Cuban] Republic, in payment of Gitmo's annual rental[1]. [1] http://www.reuters.com/article/2007/08/17/idUSN17200921 http://www.reuters.com/article/2007/08/17/idUSN17200921
rayiner 14y ago
He wanted them tried in E.D. Va. Virginia had a shitfit, then every other state said: "no fucking way you're trying those terrorists in our state." No U.S. jurisdiction wants to play host to these people to give them a trial.

jacquesm 14y ago

> the location isn't what matters. The location is what allowed it to exist in the first place. It matters a great deal.

BHSPitMonkey 14y ago
Due process could be instated at the current location, or the detainees could be moved to another location and be treated exactly the same. The location is not the problem.

lignuist 14y ago

If there is no clean accusation: let them go where ever they want to go and compensate them for the time in jail. That would be the normal way democracies should deal with such things. If there is a clean accusation, they can be brought to any other jail in the US.