The Senate Armed Services Committee has unveiled a version of the annual military spending bill which provides a pathway for the closure of the detention center at Guantanamo Bay.
The bill includes certain restrictions on transfers of detainees, but mandates the Defense Department to detail a case-by-case plan of disposition for all remaining detainees.
Senate officials say the agreement was a bipartisan compromise on the matter, though some, including Sen. James Inhofe (R – OK) said they were “deeply disappointed” with any deal to close the site.
Even if it passes the Senate, it will set the stage for a major fight with the House of Representatives, whose version of the funding bill not only does not contain provisions on closing Gitmo, but includes several new restrictions above and beyond those already in place.
Round up all the Congresscritters, put them on a plane to GITMO, take all their belongings, give them 2 sets of orange lounge suits, lock the doors and throw away the keys. Oh, and then forget they're there. That should fix things.
The question is surely, where will the detainees go. No one in the US, the ones who vote for congressmen and presidents, wants them dumped in their back yard. I'd just dump them in Syria, and say to the Islamic State, 'Lucky you. You've got some more recruits!!'
To — curmudgeonvt
You want all new politicians, why? For your educated upper half of society is the voting majority that created Gitmo, all so that wars of plunder may continue to fatten their retirement plan.