Alter on Olbermann: Congress will Defund Gitmo

[Cheney Killed Bambi]

Jonathan Alter on Olbermann's show just said that in the upcoming defense appropriations bill, scheduled to be voted on this summer, Congressional Dems will make a push to defund Guantanamo Bay.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

1. Are they going to back down on that too?

[BlooInBloo]

2. Self-answering question, unfortunately.

[Nite Owl]

4. It will be vetoed so it

seems that that can be their only choice. They might be called traitors for that one and they will get all scared.

[originalpckelly]

3. President Bush replies to the Democratic Congress:

"Boo!"

The Democratic Congress responds:
(Collectively wet pants.)

[Nimrod2005]

5. HELL YES!!! People like McCain are already on board with this....

and Lindsey? I think

[Ian David]

7. McCain *WAS* onboard with this, but that was MONTHS ago. n/t

[slowry]

6. How about

put in jail anyone involved, including the President? Nothing less will even begin to put things on the right track. Cheers.

[applegrove]

8. Good plan.

[Solly Mack]

9. Did he mean this one?

H.R.1585
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008

SEC. 1053. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING DETAINEES AT NAVAL STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA.

It is the sense of Congress that--

(1) the Nation extends its gratitude to the military personnel who guard and interrogate some of the world's most dangerous men every day at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba;

(2) the international community, in general, and in particular, the home countries of the detainees who remain in detention despite having been ordered released by a Department of Defense administrative review board, should work with the Department of Defense to facilitate and expedite the repatriation of such detainees;

(3) detainees at Guantanamo Bay, to the maximum extent possible, should be charged and expeditiously prosecuted for crimes committed against the United States; and

(4) operations at Guantanamo Bay should be carried out in a way that upholds the national interest and core values of the American people.

[stillcool]

10. that shouldn't be too hard..

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/03/30/terror/main2627764.shtml?source=RSSattr=Politics_2627764
WASHINGTON, March 30, 2007
Gates Seeks Way To Close Guantanamo
Defense Secretary Wants Dangerous Prisoners Transferred So Terror Facility Can Be Shuttered
Of the 385 detainees at Guantanamo, fewer than 100 would be considered hard-core, U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates told the House Defense Appropriations subcommittee, Thursday March 29, 2007 on Capitol Hill. (AP Photo)