guantanamo was closing. i was in a job that i liked, working with people that i respected and liked. it looked like it couldn't get much better. things progressed. thing still seemed to be going well until the fall of 2009, and that was when rumblings began to emerge that the president was not going to close guantanamo, that the military commissions may be revived, and that was when i began having concerns that this whole hope and change was not going to take place as it appeared it was at one point. there was an article, an op-ed in "the washington post" by former attorney general michael mccasey where he basically says if we bring detainees from guantanamo to the u.s., life as we know it will come to an end. that led me to write a letter to the editor, rebutting what mr. mccasey had said. that same weekend in november of 2009, i also wrote an op-ed that i submitted to "the wall street journal." i have written a lot of pieces and i'd say the vast majority of what i've written has never seen the light of day

closing guantanamo and moving detainees somewhere else just made a new guantanamo summerhouse. you are right. it is the legal principle and other location that is important. you have to look back and say, why did we have guantanamo to begin with? these people were picked up in the afghanistan area and refer them halfway around the world. we had the attention facilities there and we detain people by tens of thousands. why did we buy the dozen state people halfway around the world? was a thought guantanamo law free zone we could do anything you want it to anybody and no one could do anything about it and that is why it was picked. that is a sad comment about our country, that we are the shining city on the hill but we are looking for a law free spot on the planet to extort people. prosecutor, ief was looking at the process and in ourwhether torture attention was how would we feel if it was an american on the other end? pick a country that we don't lie, iran, north korea, if they were doing the same thing to an american that we were doing to someone else, would we say it was ok? i

there may be no better way in keeping guantanamo open. there may not be a better way, but if we don't search for knowledge and information and the truth, we will never know. what is the harm in asking? i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from colorado. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it and the amendment is agreed to. pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from colorado will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey rise? >> i move that the committee do now rise. the chair: the question is on the motion that the committee do rise. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the motion is adopted. accordingly, the committee rises. the speaker pro tempore: mr. chairman? chairman the committee having had under consideration h.r. 5293 directs me to report. the speaker pro tempore: the chair of the committee of the w

another 11 individuals from guantanamo. and one of the issues that has troubled me most about this is that it's really important, i think, that the american people know what's going on, but so much of this is happening in the cloak -- the cloak of darkness, and so much of it is an unwillingness of this administration to level with the american people about the terrorist affiliations and activities of current and former guantanamo detainees. and we've seen the most recent example of that, which is troubling. on march 23 of 2016, paul lewis, the special envoy for guantanamo detention closure, testified before the house foreign affairs committee that there have been americans that have died because of guantanamo detainees. and he was asked about this in this house hearing. my assumption is one of the reasons he was asked about it is because 30% of those who were held at guantanamo, terrorists who have been released from guantanamo, are suspected or confirmed of reengaging in terrorism. so apparently mr. lew weus was asked -- m

what does it cost us to keep one detainee each other at guantanamo bay? $5 million a piece. $5 million for each detainee. the budget to keep guantanamo bay open is about $500 million a year and we have fewer than a hundred detainees there and there is a request for another 200 million in guantanamo bay. when senators come to the floor saying we have to keep guantanamo bay open you have to ask if there is another place to be held just as safely, securely at less cost? f the answer is clear. they are convicted of heinous crimes and there are places that can hold them severely without fear of escape. then the argument is made by the senator from kentucky, well if we are going to put terrorist in prisons across america instead of guantanamo bay, that is the danger to the community. really? i represent the state of illinois. we have the marion federal prison in southern illinois. do y holding convicted terrorists. you know how many times i have received complaints that terrorist were being incarcerated at the marion federal prison? not one. not one time. for t

we do not agree about guantanamo. saying whatlaration i had to say about it and my perspective having been the chief prosecutor was an important voice to be heard. one member of congress who stood up for me and fought was senator lindsey graham. and finally this is relevant to this group is the media. it was interesting. the two articles, one was in the wall street journal and "the washington post." --er -- the two accusations organizations did editorials on my behalf. when you are taking on the government those kind of things mean a lot. foot view of000 the last six and half years of my life. i am pleased it is behind me and we can move forward and i hope government agencies look at this and think twice before they ignore the constitution. time whenly in this we have an important election coming up and there is this notion of the credentialing the media and stifling people that have contrary opinions. that is not what we are about. there are a lot of people in government who i think have valuable opinions that the pu

to hold guantanamo detainees. it would obviously make it much more difficult to close the prison, which is obviously its purpose, which experts agree harms u.s. security. the first commander to instructing the guantanamo facility after 9/11 -- instructing the guantanamo facility after 9/11 called guantanamo, quote, inconsistent with our values as americans and recommends the facility be closed. and guantanamo's existence hurts us in our prosecution of the fight against terrorists. it feeds into the narrative that united states is not a nation of laws nor one that respects human rights, closed quote. secretary of state colin powell said that closing guantanamo is in the united states best interest. they have convicted over 67 individuals of charges since 9/11. including osama bin laden's son-in-law. federal courts have been vastly more successful than the guantanamo military commissions where four of the eight detainees convicted had their convictions completely overturned. prohibiting the department of defense fro

frankly, many people think i chose to retire because of guantanamo. the truth is, it was because of the housing market. i'm just here in 2005, at the peak of the housing market, and by 2008, we were so far underwater, i could not really afford to leave, so i chose to retire. i'm still underwater. i don't know if i will ever live long enough to get back above water, but i chose to retire and stay here, and i began looking for jobs. one place i applied in the spring of 2008 was at the congressional research service. i was invited in for an interview for a position that spring, and i met with the director of the congressional research service, dan mulholland. i was interviewed for a position there, and i got a call from mr. mulholland several weeks later, in april or may of 2008, saying there was someone else they thought was better qualified for the position, but they were impressed by the principled stand i took on guantanamo and a leadership i had shown in the military, and he asked if i would be interested in another position that he thought he decem

and that requires the continued operation of guantanamo bay. >> go ahead.uild a wall? come on. when you tell the american people the facts that six people who obama left have gone back to fighting. only six. when they hear that then they don't hear all of this other thing. six people that he's released. >> you understand the reason -- the way that this has been framed is that you know people are -- that people view president obama as weak on national defense. this is how the republicans frame it. the republicans are tough and president obama has been weak and his behavior and decisions and hers to some extent led to the rise of isis. and that just like him, this is what he's going to argue. she won't keep us safe. just like him she'll release terrorists who we've already caught. just like him she won't stop the rise of a terrorist group like isis. you know that's where it's going. how are the democrats ready to combat that? >> don't forget. there's only 30 people obama wants to release. >> but they're bad guys. >> no they're not. they've already been cleare

americans safe is by renewing clear prohibition on president obama's ability to move dangerous guantanamo bay ry terrorist into our country or release them to unstable regions like libya, yemen and somalia. henry kissenger observed last year that president obama is focused on the stale campaign pledge from 2008. the president would spend the remaining months to defeat isil but he should work with us to prepare the mistakes he is ju leaving behind. just about every detainee that could be released from the secured detention facility has already been released. some have already returned to the fight just as we feared. some have taken more innocent b american life according the obama administration. the bottom line is the people remaining are among the worst of the worst.nt this is how the secretary of defense put it: there are people in guantanamo bay that are so dangerous we cannot transfer them to the custody of another government no matter how much we trust that government. i cannot assure the president it is safe to do thad. there is the mastermind behind 911. he has declared himself the

on record again against the president's plan to remove detainees -- terrorist detainees held at guantanamowe apparently need to continue to do this over and over again because somebody is just not getting it. i noticed what i think was a front-page article in the "washington post" this morning, another article about the absolute certainty that people who are freed from guantanamo bay over and over again enter the fight, kill americans and our allies. the people that are there now need to be kept there. the obama administration admitted itself earlier this year that americans have been killed by terrorists from guantanamo. just days before, by the way, that admission came just days before another dozen inmates were transferred out of guantanamo. according to the director of national intelligence, nearly one-third of terrorists who've been released from guantanamo are either confirmed or suspected to be rejoining the fight. one-third -- and those were supposedly the detainees that could be released. those were supposedly the less -- the least dangerous of the detaineesdetainees. the people t

so shutting down guantanamo still in the best interest?stian, why do you think even with this knowledge, even with admitting this knowledge, the obama administration still wants to make this -- wants to get this checked off his list. >> right. the determine to close guantanamo purely for ideological reasons and this is another of the factor. the lead shape self admitted mast mind of 9/11 still sits in guantanamo however many years, 15 after 9/11 and hasn't been dealt with with this trial. and this isn't the first revelation of people who have been let out of guantanamo doing bad things, killing americans last year, the director of national intelligence admitted that we know one and six people released have gone and returned to the battlefield. those are only the ones we know about. the number is probably greater. the penalty for unlawful combat, for waging giant jihad generally ought to be death. these people should never get out and see the light of day. the fact that they're out killing americans is just really outrageous. charles: and y

and guantanamo bay closing.se are issues moving through the senate. >> reporter: the senate is expected to pass its version of the annual defense bill on monday. to fund our nation's military. but a few provisions are dividing republicans in congress. one of them is -- would change the selected service act to require women to register for the draft. that prompted the heritage foundation to: senators to reject the bill. despite the $602 billion would authorize for the military in 2017. heritage put out a statement, regardless of whatever merits the bill may have it deserves to be defeated because lawmakers should not force young women into service through the selective service. of course that wasn't part of the defense fill this bill originally so they may leave it out of the version sent to the president. the white house is already promised to veto the bill over a provision that would close guantanamo bay. >> these aren't for parking tickets. they are there because they want to kill americans and hate everything

closing guantanamo bay and transferring the detainees to the united states would jeopardize our security. here's why. bay presents the opportunity to capitalize on our intelligence gathering when additional terrorists are captured and detained. closing its doors may mean the loss of an important tool that could prohibit future attacks. -- prevent future attacks. secondly, closing guantanamo means that the administration could accelerate the transfer of these prisoners to the united states or abroad. this is reckless. we like a real strategy to defeat isis, and the threat of prisoners returning to the battlefield has been materialized time and time again. of the detainees released prior to 2015 in either have or are suspected to have returned to the fight against the united states. and upon release, we know some of them have killed americans. the obama administration has even admitted this. lastly, the detainees who are determined to eat up dangerous -- determined too dangerous to release will be released into the united states, and americans across the country do not want that will stop

he should not waste another minute on his guantanamo crusade.just about every detainee that could feasible be released from the detention facility has already been released. some have returned to the fight just as we feared. some have taken even more b innocent american lives according to the obama administration. but the bottom line is this, the hard-core terrorists that do remain are among the worse of the worst. here is how president obama's secretary put it, there are people in gitmo that are sosi dangerous that we cannot transfer them to the custody of another government. i can't assure the president that it would be safe to do that . there's caleed, master mind of 9/11. there's a 9/11 coordinator that was planning more strikes and bin bin laden's former body guard and trained to be a suicide hijacker for what was the southeast asia portion of the 9/11 attacks. these terrorists are among the worst of the worst.ac they belong at a secured detention facility. not in facilities here in our own communities, not in unstable countries where they

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he hasn't exercised it at all during this administration apart from guantÁnamo. virtually cut back on the practice of long-term wartime protection instead moved in virtually every instance reflected in charlie's wonderful book for another plug. you really ought to all read it if you haven't already, to use the ordinary forms of law enforcement to deal with captives in this armed conflict. he believes that is the right policy. similarly the policy guidance on targeting is intended at least internally and i hope externally as well by the end of the administration to impose constraints be on what international law require at least in the view of the united states in part because allies are uneasy about some of those international law claims. because he doesn't want to be pushing the legal envelope to broadly where it's unnecessary to do so. the exact opposite of the bush of administration. they didn't need to make broad claims of authority because congress had given them this with respect to the war against al-qaeda and the war in iraq and they wrote 30 page memos.

he should not waste another minute on his myopic guantanamo crusade.just about every detainee that could feasibly be released from the secure detention facility has already been released. some have already returned to the fight, just as we feared. some have even taken more innocent american lives, according to the obama administration. but the bottom line, the bottom line is this, the hard-core terrorists who do remain are among the worst of the worst. the worst of the worst. here's how president obama's own secretary of defense put it. there are people in gitmo who are so dangerous that we cannot transfer them to the custody of another government, no matter how much we trust that government. i can't assure the president that it would be safe to do that. there's khalid sheik mohammed, the mastermind behind 9/11. he has declared himself the enemy of the united states. there's the 9/11 coordinator who was planning even more strikes when he was captured. and there's bin laden's former bodyguard who helped with the tkpwopling of the u.s.s. cole and trained

on march 23 of 2016, paul lewis, the special envoy for guantanamo detention closure, testified before the house foreign affairs committee that there have been americans that have died because of guantanamo

. >>> the hunt is on for a former guantanamo bay detainee who has gone missing in south america. he was transferred to uruguay by the obama administration in 2014. but has since vanished and officials say he could be in brazil. the country that also happens to be hosting the olympics in just a little over a month. as doug mckelway reports tonight, the circumstances under which he left are sure to escalate a heated battle between republicans and the white house over gitmo. >> reporter: an estimated 30% of enemy combatants at guantanamo bay are suspected of going back to the fight. that's one reason the hunt is on. captured in pakistan in 2002, he was among six detainees transferred to uruguay in 2014. considered high risk, he's now missing. >> he has connections to really high risk guys, guys known to be the worst of the worst of the worst, including a recruiter for al qaeda, who actually helped recruit the 9/11 hijackers for that operation. >> reporter: the former president of uruguay considered the gitmo prison a disgrace, so he allowed him to travel abroad. the pentagon was not

. >>> finding out information from freed guantanamo bay detainees.tion that they killed americans after their release and that story is next. [burke] at farmers,we've seen almost everything, so we know how to cover almost anything. even a ufh2o. [man] that's not good. [pilot] that's not good. [man] that's really not good. [burke] it happened august fourteenth,2008, and we covered it.talk to farmers. we know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ how does rock and roll work? ♪ you need a team... ♪ working together... ♪ doing all kinds of jobs. ♪ and the best place to find the job that's right for you is on the world's number-one job site. indeed. how the world works. >>> welcome back. i'm jake tapper. turning to our world lead, released only to kill again. a startling new report saying about a dozen former prisoners released from guantanamo bay returned to afghanistan and killed americans, including an innocent civilian. let's bring in cnn chief national security correspondent jim sciutto. thi

guantanamo is one. and the americans have asked for things, as well. because we have had a political campaign with different opinions about foreign policy, and some american politicians would say i would like to see more human rights from cuba. i would like to see less political prisoners. i would like to see cuba exercise more respect for the freedom of expression. mariela: well i have to tell you, of all the things you just enumerated, it has been shown with enough evidence, enough proof that cuba applies the human rights conventions at a higher level than the united states does. this was said to the american journalists by the cuban president, along with the american president when he was in cuba. all governments have a special agenda that they haven't achieved yet on human rights. nobody has reached it 100%. the important thing is to have the will to advance in that direction and the cuban government has an objective to advance as much as possible toward these goals. it is also coherent with the social revolutionary project that has been defended s

he should don't waste another minute on his myopic, guantÁnamo crusade.ust about every detainee that could reasonably be released from the secured detention facility has already been the released. some of our returned to the fight, just as we feared. some have even taken more interest in american life, according to the obama t administration. but the bottom line, the bottom line is this. a the hard-core terrorists who do remain are among the worst of the worst. the worst of the worst. is a president obama's onof secretary of defense put it. there are people in gitmo who are so dangerous that we can transfer them to the custody of another government, no matter how much we trust that governmengovernmen t. i can assure the president it would be safe to do that. masted there's khalid sheikh mohammed, the mastermind behind 9/11. is declared himself the enemy of the united states. wh there's the 9/11 coordinated was plan even more strikes when he was captured. and there's bin laden's formerf bodyguard, tears them up with the bombing of the uss cole, trained to

prison facility at guantanamo bay, cuba, holding islamic extremist enemy combatants.resident obama's pledge to close gitmo, a key promise in his campaign and raised in his first final state of the union address, will go gently into the night, along with his second term. several reports this week stated the administration is not going to pursue an executive order to shutter the prison after all. congress is unyielding on a ban to stop any of the detainees from being transferred to facilities in the u.s. one administration source cited "all of the hurdles" and the potential of "controversy in an abandoning the plan to shut it down. the number of prisoners in gitmo under bush and obama has ranged from nearly 800 at its peak to about 80 today. the administration has plans to transfer many of those remaining out to other countries. according to some intelligence reports, as many as a third of those released from gitmo have returned to the jihad fight against americans. on the next "full measure," is overabundance of caution costing americans jobs? we take a look at how lon

now to read the wire magazine you think guantanamo bay was a tropical softball destination for americanrsonnel and not, repeat not a modern concentration camp filled with terrorists in orange jump suites kind

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