Daily Update: SC Senators Oppose Moving Detainees

From McClatchy newspapers:

WASHINGTON — Sens. Lindsey Graham and Jim DeMint reacted with outrage Friday to key Democratic lawmakers’ proposals to ship accused terrorist detainees to South Carolina from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

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“This is just another example of an element of the Democratic Party making emotional decisions in a vacuum,” Graham said. “I can assure you Guantanamo Bay is not ready to be closed, nor should it be closed. And Charleston, South Carolina, is not the proper venue to bring the mastermind of 9/11 and his cohorts.”

DeMint also criticized the idea.

“This is a shocking perspective,” he said. “To bring known terrorists, many of whom have killed Americans, to our shores risks the lives of additional Americans and encourages more attacks on our soil. That’s unacceptable, and it’s not going to happen.”

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Rep. James Moran, a Virginia Democrat, said he hopes to hold hearings on Guantanamo Bay next month with the aim of closing its controversial detention facility and transferring some of its inmates to military brigs in the United States.

“If we’re serious about winning the war on extremists, then we’ve got to show the world that we are nation of laws and that we are principled in the way that we deal with people, even bad people,” Moran said in an interview.