Pinging because we're news junkies, and this article is too unusual to ignore. Check out information in the comments, There's another thread, also; the link can be found at #98.
Then, there's this:
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/09/29/crimesider/entry5351491.shtml
Thanks. I have been watching this.
Bump Dat!!!...
Thanks, Lucy.
I remember reading an article about some small town with an empty jail that was actively seeking to house Gitmo prisoners, around the time that Obama came into office and spoke of closing Gitmo down. I disremember the name of the twon, or where it was, although I think it may have been in the Southwest.
But it does strike me as a possibility. It sounds as if the town government went overboard on their jail speculation, couldn’t pay the bills, and might have made some deal with the Obama administration to house a number of remaining Gitmo prisoners. According to that CBS News story you linked, a judge has already said that the state cannot bar the town from taking in out-of-state prisoners if they chose to do so. And there could be big profits for everyone concerned, considering how much Obama spent to house those three prisoners in Bermuda.
Something along those lines seems much more likely than an experimental Obama brownshirt takeover, as the early posts suggested.
