carol rosenberg? guest: in the article we wrote about guantanamo, we pointed out there was a study done down there by a general on the expenses and how truly expensive it is to run the place because it is not on u.s. soil. he likened it to alcatraz, the now-defunct prison in san fransisco. what the general in this secret study, which would also like to see, concluded that bobby kennedy shot down alcatraz in 1963 because it was too expensive. we have never had a discussion in america that suggests it's to keep or let go based on cost. we just saw a surprising figure this summer and drilled down as best we can. you can follow the coverage on miamiherald.com/guantanamo. recovery pretty much all time. host: carol rosenberg, [applause] >> the next part of our program is we recognize our special guests, and the way this is set up we are going to have a dialogue that will take place. it will be dan will moderated and he will be like the oprah winfrey of the presidential primary tonight. we are going to hear

carol rosenberg? guest: in the article we wrote about guantanamo, we pointed out there was a study done down there by a general on the expenses and how truly expensive it is to run the place because it is not on u.s. soil. he likened it to alcatraz, the now-defut prison in san fransisco. what the general in this secret study, which would also like to see, concluded that bobby kennedy shot down alcatraz in 1963 because it was too expensive. we have never had a discussion in america that suggests it's to keep or let go based on cost. we just saw a surprising figure this summer and drilled down as best we can. you can follow the coverage on miamiherald.com/guantanamo. recovery pretty much all time. host: carol rosenberg,

carol rosenberg?uest: in the article we wrote about guantanamo, we pointed out there was a study done down there by a general on the expenses and how truly expensive it is to run the place because it is not on u.s. soil. he likened it to alcatraz, the now-defunct prison in san fransisco. what the general in this secret study, which would also like to see, concluded that bobby kennedy shot down alcatraz in 1963 because it was too expensive. we have never had a discussion in america that suggests it's to keep or let go based on cost. we just saw a surprising figure this summer and drilled down as best we can. you can follow the coverage on miamiherald.com/guantanamo. recovery pretty much all time. host: carol rosenberg, correspondent form." thank you for being with us -- correspondent for "the miami herald." that is it for "washington journal." barney frank plans to retire. he will not seek a 17th term next year according to his office. we will be back tomorrow morning with what washington dermot" at 7:

you are on with carol rosenberg. caller: guantanamo is more of a wartime facility for prison detention. right now, we are not even in a legal war. only congress can declare war, and we have not been in one of those legally since world war ii. do you also do studies on the crime rates in the united states? we basically lost the war on drugs in america and how that is affecting the statistics that you're looking at. guest: we did a very basic straightforward comparison of the cost of detainees. we look at different types of prisoners and captives ranging from convicted terrorists at supermax to those in the county prison that cover the types of crimes you were speaking abo. what is interesting about the war on terrorism is that this project at guantanamo opened on nuary 11th, 2002, so coming up on 10 years. one of the things we learned in preparing this story and doing reporting is that, in some ways, the pentagon was spending and preparing for the next 10 years. they would not grow down and explain their operating cos

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plans for renovations and nearly two hundred detainees still in custody but miami herald carol carol rosenberg has no doubt spent more time than any other journalist there and she writes it's actually the most expensive lesson on she says the pentagon detention center that started out in january two thousand and two as a collection of crude open air cells guarded by marines in a muddy tent city is today arguably the most expensive prison on earth caused costing taxpayers eight hundred thousand dollars annually for each of the one hundred seventy one captives by obama administration reckoning that's more than thirty times the cost of keeping a captive on u.s. soil but this is of course more than just about the money there are other costs the u.s. incurs as well to talk more about that i spoke to deputy managing editor of truthout dot org jason leopold i started out by asking him in addition to the money what are the other prices that the u.s. pays to keep the doors of get more open here's his response. it comes down to the fact that where you played the clip of obama stating that you know we're

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later we will klatt with carol rosenberg of the "miami herald" on the cost of operating the guantanamo bay detention center. that is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> the official white house christmas tree arrived friday. first lady michelle obama and sasha and malia got a look at the tree as it arrived at the north portico. the tree from wisconsin will be decorated to honor military families. >> what do you think? do you like [inaudible] >> happy holidays. >> happy holidays.

later we will klatt with carol rosenberg of the "miami herald" on the cost of operating the guantanamo bay detention center. that is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> the official white house christmas tree arrived friday. first lady michelle obama and sasha and malia got a look at the tree as it arrived at the north portico. the tree from wisconsin will be decorated to honor military families. >> what do you think? do you like [inaudible] >> happy holidays.

we will also talk with carol rosenberg. that is on tomorrows "washington journal." journal."