Congress members sponsor bill to shutter Guantanamo Bay

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One week after a similar measure was introduced in the Senate by California Democrat Dianne Feinstein, two members of the House of Representatives have introduced a bill to close the detention center for accused terrorists at Guantanamo Bay, RAW STORY has learned.

"Guantánamo has become a liability. The real and perceived injustices occurring there have given our enemies an easy example of our failures and alleged ill intent," said Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA), who chairs the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing & Terrorism Risk Assessment, and co-sponsored the measure. "It has become a stinging symbol of our tarnished standing abroad."

http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Congress_members_sponsor_bill_to_shutter_0508.html

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1. I think they may be jumping the gun abit

I think GTMO would be a great place to put bush and his administration and any one remotely connected to PNAC and all the right wing haters on "christian conservative" hate radio. Lets carry the Patriot Act a step further. Fuck trials, fuck charges, fuck lawyers. Let us spread some of that conservative love around. And these bastards are guilty of the continued slaughter of people in Iraq. These pro life motherfuckers.

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2. At last.

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Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI) agreed in the statement sent to RAW STORY, adding that "The Bush Administration has been able to ignore the hypocrisy in preaching about human rights to other countries while detainees who have been accused - but never charged - are denied fundamental justice in Guantánamo. However, the rest of the world has not ignored it."

Harman and Abercrombie timed the legislation the day before a hearing in the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee to be chaired by Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA), who has been tasked by Subcommittee Chairman Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) with exploring how the base can be closed.

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3. Nothing to see here--the Corp Media would rather focus on fancy dinners and Paris Hilton