Posted on 12/03/2016 8:13:34 AM PST by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies
If President-elect Donald Trump decides to make good on his campaign pledge to "load up" the prison camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, with new domestic terror suspects caught in the US -- including American citizens -- legal experts say he is asking for an unprecedented constitutional showdown.
Voters first received a peek at Trump's stance on Guantanamo Bay back in 2015 when talking points on various policy questions were leaked ahead of a Republican debate. On the issue of whether he would close the detention facility, the memo stated: "No. I would also take away the passports of Americans who fight for ISIS and send them to Gitmo for some R&R."
On the campaign trail in February he railed against President Barack Obama's promise to close the facility -- vowing to fill it up with additional detainees. "This morning, I watched President Obama talking about Gitmo, right, Guantanamo Bay, which by the way, which by the way, we are keeping open. Which we are keeping open ... and we're gonna load it up with some bad dudes, believe me, we're gonna load it up," Trump told the crowd.
Trump went a step further in August, telling The Miami Herald he would be "fine" trying US citizens suspected of terrorism in military commissions.
Who can go to Guantanamo?
As the President-elect makes the transition from campaigning to governing, the real question will soon become: who exactly is even eligible for transfer to Guantanamo?
Legal experts on both sides of the political aisle agree that Trump's options are limited in light of the congressional authority currently available to detain someone....
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
Club Gitmo for BHO!
(who, insofar as he’s let us know at least, is probably not even a USA citizen)
Gitmo is US land. Any different than a Ambassador?
Makes you wonder where VJ is right now.
Clearly her plans for the future have been damaged.
That’s the first word (Hillary) that popped into my mind. The libs love communist Cuba so much, send ‘em there.
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