Dems on Gitmo transfer funds: Shhhhhhhhh!
They don’t want to talk about it. From GOP Rep. Roy Blunt’s office:
Missouri Congressman Roy Blunt accused the House Democratic leadership of refusing to debate the use of tax dollars to compensate foreign nations for relocating Guantanamo detainees. The Democrat-led House Rules Committee last night blocked Blunt’s amendment to the House Intelligence Authorization Bill to stop payment of any U.S. tax dollars to foreign nations who house these dangerous suspected terrorists.
“Once again, House Democrats are proving they view the transfer and detention of Gitmo detainees as a hot potato they don’t want to touch,” Blunt said. “Instead, they’re sending the suspected terrorists held at Guantanamo to the lowest bidder without consideration for the threats they pose to our national security.
“There is no clear plan for handling these dangerous detainees after they have been transferred. House Democrats don’t want to discuss next steps: Will they be granted citizenship, will they be granted passports, will they be free to legally enter the United States?
“From prison to paradise without a plan: the ultimate get-out-of-jail-free card.”
The Obama administration paid $200 million to the government of Palau in exchange for 17 Chinese Uighurs – members of a terrorist group affiliated with al-Qaeda – held at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. Days later, four Uighurs were transferred to Bermuda without the consultation of the British Government, causing problems in our strategic relationship with the United Kingdom.
Blunt’s amendment originally received bipartisan support when it was offered before the House Intelligence Committee but was defeated by Committee Democrats. Blunt is also an original cosponsor of legislation requiring President Obama to receive approval from state legislatures and governors prior to transferring detainees at Gitmo to facilities within their state. Blunt is a co-sponsor of legislation opposing the transfer of detainees to Fort Leavenworth as well.
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UNBELIEVABLE
Everyday sh_ _ hits the fan! What next? This administration is a joke! MM I preordered your book and planning to send it to BHO for his birthday signed by several of my friends! Think he will get the message how dissatisfied we are?
If catch and release works for illegal aliens, well why not use it for captured terrorists?
Everything Democrats do is viewed through a political prism. Serving the public interest no longer even registers in their conscious thought.
Duh One REALLY needs to hire Sherrif Joe Arpaio to run his prison camps. He can do it for a fraction of that amount, and they’d run better.
Screw the American Communist Lawyers Union!
Heh. Made me wonder, just for a fleeting moment, whether ex-Gitmo detainees may wind up on ACORN’s voter rolls? Just sayin’…
They have the majority…there is no stopping them, and they know it. The only glimmer of hope we have is that they are seriously overplaying their corruption, big time!! I still say, they will all go down. It will just take time and a lot of noise on our part!! But mark my words. They will pay for their treason.
Nope. Serving their own interests above all. And I’m also positive that they are no longer capable of conscious thought.
Who do I have to terrorize to get a free vacation in Bermuda?
I’m pretty sure their ACLU attorneys already provided them with univeral absentee ballots, acceptable for voting Democrat in any future election.
Its not a vacation, its thier house.
THE ONE…with his Big BRO Demoncrat stooges…, has moved LOWER the costs of terrorism against the US.
What would you expect will happen next…?
THE ONE…with his Big BRO Demoncrat stooges…, has moved LOWER the confidence or our intelligence community.
What would you expect will happen next…?
How many dead Americans will this phase of OPERATION OVER-REACH cost us?
And here I thought they were against outsourcing American jobs.
nothing bothers dems EXCEPT not being able to spend opm. kennedy spokesman says under the healthcare bill we will be spending money on bike trails and jungle gyms. errraahh it’s for the children.
Nope! The goal seems to be outsourcing all of the high-paying Union Jobs or destroying their industries altogether … even including some government jobs as with DMV and the IRS debacles of late. Go figure huh?
Along w/student visas, passports, and a few bucks spend money??
Well, they’ve already been trained for the role…
lgm mode on
So what’s the big deal? I think $200 million is a small price to pay to erase the national shame brought on this country by the Bush administration’s illegal Gulags.
lgm mode off
To my understanding that’s life time vacation, those terrorists aren’t going anywhere at our expense.
Fixed it as a reminder that the Obama administration couldn’t pay for a cup of coffee without the US taxpayers. The government, regardless of which party is in charge, pays for nothing.
For $200 million they can come live at my house – but I predict a series of unfortunate accidents.
involving kool-aid???
It would not surprise me…I recall the dems attempting to get felons on the voter rolls in Florida and Washington State-that’s how ended up with the current governor of Washington State.
Didn’t that gov thing in WA state also involve a recount where the losing Dem side kept “finding” votes a la MN Senate race…as a wise person has already pointed out, it’s not the voters that determine elections, it’s the vote counters…
In other words, we just paid $200 million to send these Uighers on a meager vacation. For that price I would assume that tips are included. Lets hope they were telling the truth when they said that China’s worse than Gitmo. Then, perhaps, they won’t be holding a grudge against America when they’re voted off the island.
Where is lgm on this.He loves these prisoners that BusHitlerChaneyHalliburton abused so terribly for all those years.Selling people out to the lowbidder sounds like slavery to me.
Blunt said. “Instead, they’re sending the suspected terrorists held at Guantanamo to the lowest bidder”.
Sounds like slavery to me.
Right concept wrong crowd. Those people will be given their freedoms and the ability to enjoy them. We the people will be given the bill, expected to pay for that and everything else and toil for whatever crumbs the gubmint is willing to allow us to keep.
They are free, we are the slaves.
Section 3 of the 14th Amendment:
I’ve got an idea.Why don’t we pay Al-Quida to take them. That’ll show’em what Obma’s real agenda is.