White House near decision to close Gitmo
WASHINGTON - The Bush administration is nearing a decision to close the Guantanamo Bay detainee facility and move the terror suspects there to military prisons elsewhere, The Associated Press has learned.
President Bush's national security and legal advisers are expected to discuss the move at the White House on Friday and, for the first time, it appears a consensus is developing, senior administration officials said Thursday.
The advisers will consider a proposal to shut the center and transfer detainees to one or more Defense Department facilities, including the maximum security military prison at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas, where they could face trial, said the officials. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were discussing internal deliberations.
Officials familiar with the agenda of the Friday meeting said Vice President Dick Cheney, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff, National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell and Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Gen. Peter Pace were expected to attend.
It was not immediately clear if the meeting would result in a final recommendation to Bush.
Previous plans to close Guantanamo have run into resistance from Cheney, Gonzales and former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. But officials said the new suggestion is gaining momentum with at least tacit support from the State and Homeland Security departments, the Pentagon, and the Intelligence directorate.
White House near decision to close Gitmo - Yahoo! News
Say it ain't so George........say it ain't so!:sadcrying Think of the children!!:sadcrying
Have a good one!:s4:
White House near decision to close Gitmo
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Oh no, P4B! Where will you send the unruly CannCommies now? :jointsmile:
There are always alternatives.....lol:thumbsup:
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF4iaT6PuAE[/YOUTUBE]
Have a good one!:s4:
White House near decision to close Gitmo
Vice President Dick Cheney, President G.W.Bush, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff, National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell and Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Gen. Peter Pace ......................................."This is the partial list I've been looking for, the perpetrators. I'll begin the proceedings now. Will the court come to order"? The Haig High tribunal Judge. "Please be seated". "Now to the charges.".......................
