Slog - Comments on Closing Gitmo http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/closing_gitmo Maybe not. Sorry, false alarm. A major meeting was to take place today amongst the president's national security and legal advisers, the AP reported late yesterday; and the closing of Guantanamo Bay detention facility was on the table. And "for the first time, it appears a consensus is developing, senior administration officials said Thursday." That story broke around 6 PM last night. By 8 PM, the story had changed: there was no meeting, the White House said, and "no decisions on the future of Guantanamo Bay are imminent." What happened? The Washington Post reports this morning that there really was... Copyright 2008 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:04:34 -0800 Sat, 23 Jun 2007 01:55:13 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Phenics I guess... three syllables, sounds like Hilly Burton.

]]> Phenics http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/closing_gitmo#c749256 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/closing_gitmo#c749256 Politics Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:20:50 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Um, the F-man?

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/closing_gitmo#c749325 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/closing_gitmo#c749325 Politics Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:32:24 -0800 Comment by Matt We close the base, and then what? What do you do with these ghosts. I suppose you give them a trial, and then what? There have GOT to be smarter people out there that have a decent solution while sticking them American values (whether they like them or not.)

]]> Matt http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/closing_gitmo#c749332 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/closing_gitmo#c749332 Politics Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:36:44 -0800 Comment by Matt We close the base, and then what? What do you do with these ghosts. I suppose you give them a trial, and then what? There have GOT to be smarter people out there that have a decent solution while sticking them American values (whether they like them or not.)

]]> Matt http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/closing_gitmo#c749333 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/closing_gitmo#c749333 Politics Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:37:05 -0800 Comment by SDA in SEA Ah. Makes sense.

When I first read that they were considering closing Guantanamo, my jaw nearly hit the floor. Seriously. Since when has the Bush administration reversed course on any decision, no matter how ill conceived? Bush has fought tooth and nail for years to keep the prisoners indefinitely with no trial of any kind. I just couldn't imagine Bush closing Guantanamo. He'd have to either (A) release all the prisoners or (B) move them to the US somewhere which would give them full access to the US court system. What are the chances of Bush (or Cheney) being willing to allow either of those options?

Face it. Without drastic intervention by the Supreme Court, Guantanamo is not going to be closing until sometime after Bush/Cheney leave office.

]]> SDA in SEA http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/closing_gitmo#c749355 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/closing_gitmo#c749355 Politics Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:04:20 -0800 Comment by Mary Anne Interesting read in the LA Times this morning about the slick VP. He thinks he's above the law. We all knew this, but now there's proof!

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-cheney22jun22,1,2533206.story?coll=la-headlines-nation

]]> Mary Anne http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/closing_gitmo#c749376 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/closing_gitmo#c749376 Politics Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:21:18 -0800 Comment by Gurldoggie I am focusing my mental powers on giving Dick Cheney a massive painful coronary. Right...now...

]]> Gurldoggie http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/closing_gitmo#c749420 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/closing_gitmo#c749420 Politics Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:54:53 -0800 Comment by Original Andrew Darth Cheney - only you could be so bold.

The Imperial Senate will not sit still for this! When they hear that… oh who are we kidding? They're not gonna do jack. Nevermind.

]]> Original Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/closing_gitmo#c749441 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/closing_gitmo#c749441 Politics Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:16:31 -0800 Comment by Fnarf The question of what to do with them now would be a lot easier to handle if this had never happened. It didn't need to happen; most of them aren't guilty of anything at all, except having a personal enemy down the block who ratted them out as "oh, yeah, terrorist, very bad man, take him, yeah, that's the guy". That's all the evidence you need to hold a man for five years incommunicado. Yes, dealing with them now, or eventually is going to be difficult.

That's the problem with committing horrible crimes like this: hard to put the egg back together again.

I think we should put Cheney in there and let HIM think, until he comes up with a solution to this conundrum that is acceptable to everyone. As soon as your idea gets 100% of the vote, Dick, you're staying put. More lice?

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/closing_gitmo#c749451 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/closing_gitmo#c749451 Politics Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:24:22 -0800 Comment by Gomez You lefties didn't seriously think they were gonna close Gitmo, did you?

Whoever started that rumor is either a left-wing retard, or one really clever right-wing operate (knowing that it would get shot down once word got out).

]]> Gomez http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/closing_gitmo#c749554 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/closing_gitmo#c749554 Politics Fri, 22 Jun 2007 13:35:59 -0800 Comment by Mr. Awesome Dude 6000 But look at that smilin' face! How could you hate a man with such a cute little smugsudhf (indecipherable baby-talking babble)...

]]> Mr. Awesome Dude 6000 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/closing_gitmo#c749952 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/closing_gitmo#c749952 Politics Fri, 22 Jun 2007 20:34:27 -0800 Comment by kim tate is it me, or does the pic seem to be saying ' i'm gonna fuck you in the ass. it's gonna hurt reeeall bad. and i will like that. gimme yo money, bitches"
hey cheney...fuck you and the money you rode in on. and bush....fuck you most of all. when someone assinates you ( and they will, the world now HATES america you fuckass) we will dance in the steets.

]]> kim tate http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/closing_gitmo#c750066 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/closing_gitmo#c750066 Politics Sat, 23 Jun 2007 01:54:52 -0800 Comment by kim tate is it me, or does the pic seem to be saying ' i'm gonna fuck you in the ass. it's gonna hurt reeeall bad. and i will like that. gimme yo money, bitches"
hey cheney...fuck you and the money you rode in on. and bush....fuck you most of all. when someone assinates you ( and they will, the world now HATES america you fuckass) we will dance in the steets.

]]> kim tate http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/closing_gitmo#c750067 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/closing_gitmo#c750067 Politics Sat, 23 Jun 2007 01:55:13 -0800