Some of the Guantanamo Bay prisoners could be released into the United States while others could be put on trial in the American court system, Attorney General Eric Holder said on Wednesday.
| If a single Gitmo hard boy is released into the US and then commits a single act of terrorism, President Obama will be done. Holder will be impeached and removed as AG, and Obama can kiss his political legacy good bye. |
Holder, who was chosen by President Barack Obama to lead the administration's efforts to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba within a year, said the review of what to do with each of the prisoners had begun. About 240 terrorism suspects, including suspected planners of the September 11 attacks, are being held in the prison. Many have been detained for seven years without charges and some were subjected to interrogation techniques denounced by critics as torture.
The administration faces intense political resistance to the idea of bringing the prisoners to the United States as part of closing the detention camp.
| Why is that, Mr. Attorney General? |
The administration seeks to transfer some detainees to Europe or other countries while freeing others.
| And the Euros don't want them either ... |
Holder told reporters at the Justice Department that the administration's review, made on a case-by-case basis, would determine whether the prisoners need to be put on trial or whether they can be released. "For those who are in that second category, who can be released, there are a variety of options that we have. Among them is the possibility that we could release them into this country," he said.
| Sure Mr. AG. You go right ahead. You'd better be really, really certain of what you're doing because you aren't going to get a free pass. |
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