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Posted on 01/17/2009 5:23:13 AM PST by markomalley
The U.S. military has prepared a list of U.S. military bases that could be used to house as many as 250 detainees currently being held at the U.S. Naval base in Guantanamo Bay, military officials tell ABCNews.com.
The list -- which includes Camp Pendleton in California, Fort Leavenworth in Kansas; the Marine Air Station in Miramar, California; and the U.S. Naval Consolidated Brig in South Carolina -- has been circulated in a classified brief to members of Congress and was prepared by the Pentagon's Joint Staff.
President-elect Barack Obama is expected to order that the Guantanamo Bay detainee facility be closed on his first day in office, officials say. Officials say it would take at least a year to prepare a new prison and transfer the detainees.
The preliminary list was based on cost, logistic, and security concerns, but the Department of Defense is expected to present a more comprehensive recommendation based on a variety of factors, according a military official.
Camp Pendleton was determined to be the least expensive option and officials say its vast 125,000 acre size would allow for a new prison to be built in an isolated and secure area.
60,000 Residents, Employees at Camp Pendleton
Camp Pendleton has a daytime population of 60,000, according to its website, including military personnel, their families and civilian employees.
Three San Diego county Congressmen have already voiced opposition to sending the terror detainees to Camp Pendleton.
Congressmen Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Brian Bilbray (R-CA) and Darrell Issa (R-CA) sent a letter Tuesday to Defense Secretary Robert Gates saying Camp Pendleton was too busy preparing Marines for combat.
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Wonder how many of those bases are in (R) congressional districts?
Well, you might as well take the word “secret” out of the title.
>>>>>The list ..... has been circulated in a classified brief to members of Congress<<<<<<
Hence it is no longer secret.
Why? It's in the original title (on ABC)...
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I was referring to ABC...I should have used “they” instead of “you”.
I think Rush is wrong, I think, because even lord McCain wants those terrorists state side they will be sent to Ft. Leavenworth, KS.... Of course in line with the political mindset ‘hope’ they will ‘change’ their minds.
Nobody is going to bring those people here where they fall under the jurisdiction of the Federal Courts, no matter what the magic Negro might say.
You might as well just give them green cards, restitution, social security, and a democrat voter's registration card.
Sad, isn’t it?
I had assumed that when Obama was talking about closing Gitmo implied in that was either releasing or trying the inmates. If he’s going to continue keeping them without trial then why move them?
Send them all to Chicago...They'll fit right in!!
That’s a good idea. They could use Burris’s pyramid until
it’s needed.
God forgive us for forgetting this in the name of “change”. I am disgusted and I am not going to be quiet for 4 years. I am going to give money and time to get 0 out of our house in 4 years.
I vote for Area-51
Yes, sad and just plain twisted.... Surprising, NO. I knew that day when the biggest itch of the West stood on the Senate floor with her NY newspaper screeching 'What did Bush know and When did he know it?', and the media took up that cause, we were in for a very long rough ride.
We have put a completely unknown and untested pilot in the cockpit, and who knows is he has the 'skills' to glide if the lunatics take out our engines.
I was reading that although Obama will immediately order Gitmo closed, the review of the details will take so long, that it will be a very long time before it will occur. I have a feeling as Obama will have to see the reality of everything he promised is not realistic or reasonable. Then he will have to find a way to stall or change his mind. Maybe in this case it will be ‘that he’s reviewing the details’. At least I hope so. It’s very wishful thinking because I do not want these terrorists on our soil.
The first big change, appeasement in the face of murderous Moslems. Second, leak...leak...leak. It’ll never stop, the leaking of national security secrets.
....great montage Diogenesis!! You really summed up my feelings.....I look foreward to further work from you.
Why NOT send them to Alaska? Barrow, Alaska, sounds pleasant enough.
Well, thanks, MSM. It’s so nice to know that you have our national security at the forefront.
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