Berkeley says no to Guantanamo detainees

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Source: San Francisco Chronicle

(02-16) 11:04 PST Berkeley -- Guantanamo detainees won't be resettling in Berkeley, at least for now.

Berkeley's city council Tuesday night rejected a measure that would have invited two detainees who have been cleared of wrongdoing by the U.S. Department of Defense.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/02/16/BA9H1HNU9S.DTL

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1. If they are cleared of wrongdoing, Why not stay in Berkley?

And why do a bunch of politicians get a say where innocent men get to live?

[Mz Pip]

2. Agree, to a point.

But why should they live here? If they are cleared then why not let them go back home? What would they do in Berkeley?

Don't quite see the point.

[DCKit]

4. They could teach law. Seems they have a better understanding than SOME of the teachers...

who are responsible for them being locked up in the first place without charge or trial.

[former9thward]

3. They are not legal residents of the U.S. whether they are cleared or not.

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6. Berkley found they were insufficiently radical and didn't like gays n/t

[mulsh]

5. Why not send them home?

Berkeley isn't all that great a place to live. I know, I have lived there. I went to high school and college in Berkeley. Send these guys back to their families.