Halperin cites concerns that terrorists would target "neighborhoods" or "states" to help detainees escape U.S. prisons
May 21, 2009 1:33 pm ET
Halperin cites concerns that terrorists would target "neighborhoods" or "states" to help detainees escape U.S. prisons
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If they don't care, then why would they be more likely to attack if we move them to a domestic prison?
And, if they recruit more people while in prison, does that really matter? Those people are already rotten to the core. Are they more of a threat to society if they become Muslims? Would Charles Manson be any more dangerous if he prayed to Allah?
What the hell are you talking about? If they were in prison, how did they buy the plane tickets? Did they escape from an American prison? Please explain the relevance of this question.
Yep, we trained them to fly those planes and many more that we have not heard from yet. When we do that will be Obamas fault?
P.S. They were not prisoners while in flight school.
Nerzog, I am sure more and more everyday you are double thinking your choice on President, you can admit it, I know you want to, this guy is clueless. Joe Biden is so bad, they had to send him out of the country. HA HA So sad for Obama, Cheney comes out and schools Obama with only two interviews, make Obama look like a fool in only a week, just wait till there is real push back. Obama has a hard time with the word NO!.
1. You're defeating your own argument, Marky. If, as you say, they hate us for being Americans, then how would moving the prisoners to the U.S. make them any more likely to attack us? In fact, what can we do to stop them except nuke the Muslim world? Would that make you feel safe?
2. Not sure if you're aware of these things, but some people do stay in prison forever. If you're so scared that these evildoers will brainwash other prisoners to be even worse evildoers, then isolate them! Prisons do it all the time.
Really, Marky, you should stop watching reruns of 24 and get out more.
YOU need an education in America's Supermax prison.
7ft by 12ft cell, steel door and steel grate along with with a window (only shows the sky) which is designed to prevent the prisoner from knowing their location. Confined to these cells, 23 hours a day. The ONE hour of exercise is taken ALONE in a concrete walled yard. The furniture is made almost entirely out of poured concrete, including the desk, stool, and bed. Each cell contains a toilet that shuts off if plugged, a shower that runs on a timer to prevent flooding, and a sink missing a potentially dangerous tap. Cells may also be fitted with polished steel mirrors bolted to the wall, an electric light, a radio, and a television set that shows recreational, educational and religious programming. Telecommunication with the outside world is forbidden, and food is hand-delivered by correctional officers. These privileges can be taken away as punishment.
And as far as the residents closest to ADX Florence?
The residents in Florence's surrounding area, Fremont County, welcomed the prison as a source of employment in a time of economic hardship. At the time, the county was already home to nine existing prisons. However, the lure of between 750 to 900 permanent jobs, in addition to another 1,000 temporary jobs during the prison's construction, led residents in the area to raise $160,000 to purchase 600 acres (2.4 km2) for the new prison. Hundreds of people attended the groundbreaking construction of ADX Florence, which cost over $60 million.
Here is a small portion of the folks housed in ADX Florence Supermax prison:
Abdul Hakim Murad, of al-Qaeda's Operation Bojinka
Ahmed Ajaj, of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing
Ahmed Omar Abu Ali, Al Qaeda conspirator in several plots, including one to assassinate U.S. President George W. Bush
Ahmed Ressam, of the 2000 millennium attack plots
Clement Rodney Hampton-El, a.k.a. Dr. Rashid, of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing
El Sayyid Nosair, of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
Ibrahim Elgabrowny, of the New York City landmark bomb plot
Iyman Faris, also of the NYC landmark plot, sentenced to 20 years in 2003
James Ujaama, who tried to develop an al-Qaeda camp in Oregon
Jeff Fort, he is currently imprisoned on drug trafficking charges. He is also the only American citizen ever convicted of terrorism for hire.
John Walker Lindh, dubbed "The American Taliban"
Jose Padilla, 20796-424, convicted of aiding terrorists
Khalfan Khamis Mohamed, participant in the 1998 United States embassy bombings
Mahmud Abouhalima, of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing
Mohamed Rashed Daoud Al-Owhali, of the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings
Mohammed A. Salameh, of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing
Mohammed Ali Hassan Al-Moayad, would-be financier of al-Qaeda and Hamas, serving 75 years
Mohammed Odeh is one of the four former al-Qaeda members sentenced to life imprisonment in 2001 for their parts in the 1998 United States embassy bombings.
Mohammed Mansour Jabarah A Canadian convicted of terrorism-related offences
Nidal Ayyad, of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing
Omar Abdel-Rahman, 34892-054, al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya mentor, nicknamed "The Blind Sheik", serving life for his part in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing
Ramzi Yousef, 03911-000, of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and Operation Bojinka, senior al-Qaeda member
Richard Reid, 24079-038, al-Qaeda's would-be "Shoe Bomber"
Terry Nichols, 08157-031, Oklahoma City bombing conspirator
Wadih el-Hage, 42393-054, of the 1998 United States embassy bombings in Africa
Zacarias Moussaoui, 51427-054, of the September 11, 2001 attacks
STRENGTH? You wouldn't know strength if it gave you a wedgie. STRENGTH comes from the rule of law. It comes form teh absense of fear. It comes from our moral fortitude and our freedom and our constitution and our libertarian ideals. You bedwetters want to destroy all that makes us great out of shear, utter cowardice. You are a coward, and you are a TRAITOR to American values.
The reality is that the Gitmo guys will end up in prison. They'll very likely spend the rest of their days locked away in solitary. They won't escape, nor will their buddies hatch some plot to free them.
And frankly, every time I hear or read someone like you basically hoping for another attack on the US so you can be proven right about your Obama paranoia, I have to wonder what kind of American you really are?
Let's be honest here. The Republicans are doing this for one reason only... to scare their way back into power. It's all bullsh*t and they know it.