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US defense department eyes Colorado prisons to hold Guantanamo detainees
Source: The Guardian
US defense department eyes Colorado prisons to hold Guantanamo detainees
Team will inspect two sites to determine their eligibility for continuing the
detention of men at Guantanamo, whom the US will neither charge nor release
Spencer Ackerman in New York
Tuesday 13 October 2015 20.59 BST
A team from the US defense department’s policy shop will spend three days this week in Colorado to determine if two prisons in the state might indefinitely hold dozens of Guantanamo detainees.
The latest round of planning in Barack Obama’s long-stalled initiative to close Guantanamo Bay currently involves inspecting a federal Supermax in Florence and a state penitentiary at Canon City to determine their eligibility for continuing the detention of men at Guantanamo whom the US will neither charge nor release.
The team, led by Pentagon official Alisa Stack, already visited military installations at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas and the US navy brig in Charleston, South Carolina, this summer. GOP legislators from Kansas and South Carolina have expressed vocal opposition to moving detainees to their home states. This month, Colorado legislators, including Senator Cory Gardner, added their voices to the opposition.
The survey, the Pentagon said, does not indicate that the administration has made a decision on where it prefers to hold Guantanamo detainees.
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Team will inspect two sites to determine their eligibility for continuing the
detention of men at Guantanamo, whom the US will neither charge nor release
Spencer Ackerman in New York
Tuesday 13 October 2015 20.59 BST
A team from the US defense department’s policy shop will spend three days this week in Colorado to determine if two prisons in the state might indefinitely hold dozens of Guantanamo detainees.
The latest round of planning in Barack Obama’s long-stalled initiative to close Guantanamo Bay currently involves inspecting a federal Supermax in Florence and a state penitentiary at Canon City to determine their eligibility for continuing the detention of men at Guantanamo whom the US will neither charge nor release.
The team, led by Pentagon official Alisa Stack, already visited military installations at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas and the US navy brig in Charleston, South Carolina, this summer. GOP legislators from Kansas and South Carolina have expressed vocal opposition to moving detainees to their home states. This month, Colorado legislators, including Senator Cory Gardner, added their voices to the opposition.
The survey, the Pentagon said, does not indicate that the administration has made a decision on where it prefers to hold Guantanamo detainees.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/oct/13/us-defense-department-colorado-prisons-guantanamo
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