House passes bill allowing transfer of Guantanamo detainees to US for trial

[darrels joy]

[JURIST] The US House of Representatives [official website] voted 307-114 [roll call vote] Thursday to approve legislation that would allow Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainees to be transferred to US soil for prosecution. The measure was part of a $42.7 billion spending bill [HR 2892 materials] for the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) [official website]. The legislation would forbid the release of Guantanamo detainees onto US soil and allows their transfer only for purposes of prosecution in federal courts and only after a thorough security assessment. The legislation also requires that Congress be provided with details before a detainee is transferred overseas. Republican lawmakers strongly opposed the measure, and attempted to send the bill back to committee, but that attempt was voted down 193-224 [roll call vote]. The bill will now go before the US Senate.

Members of the Homeland Security Appropriations Conference Committee[list, PDF] reached an agreement [JURIST report] last week to allow Guantanamo detainees to be transferred to the US for trial. The agreement came shortly after US Attorney General Eric Holder [official profile] told reporters that the Obama administration may miss its January deadline for closing the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, echoing prior statements [JURIST reports] by top administration officials. Earlier this month, the House passed a non-binding motion [JURIST report] to instruct the conferees to prohibit the transfer of detainees to the US for prosecution or incarceration. The motion instructed House committee members to insist on such prohibitions during negotiations.

http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchas...ransfer-of.php

[reconeil]

TOTAL CONTROL means TOTAL CONTROL,...& that's that.
TOTAL CONTROLLERS can do whatever-the-hell TOTAL CONTROLLERS damn-well-please,...
& that's that again. "Whatever Lola wants (Barack, Rham & Nancy also) Lola gets".

Matters diddly whether such TOTAL CONTROL is suffered by a Congress or COMMISSARIAT.

Neil

[Boats]

Funny last we heard "all - if not most" of the States Governor's refused to take terrorist into their areas. Where are they going to house these individuals? I'd send them to the White House for retention or House or Senate who passed these instructions.