Congressman invokes Fort Hood shooting to object to Gitmo prisoner transfer

[babylonsister]

Pretty disgusting the gop is using this tragedy as a political tool.


Congressman invokes Fort Hood shooting to object to Gitmo prisoner transfer
By Jordan Fabian - 11/12/09 03:23 PM ET


A Republican lawmaker on Thursday invoked last week's Fort Hood shooting to oppose the Obama administration's decision to transfer Guantanamo Bay prisoners to Yemen.

In a letter to President Barack Obama, Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.) said that suspected Fort Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's contact with Yemen-based radical Islamic cleric Anwar Al-Awlaki, raises questions about Yemen as a destination for the detainees.

"If the administration does not halt these pending releases immediately, it could be responsible for creating a new revolving door of terrorism that will cost American lives," Wolf wrote today. "The security of the American people could be at risk because of the administration’s relentless pursuit of a campaign promise to close Guantanamo Bay by January 22, 2010."

The Justice Department in late September authorized the transfer of one prisoner to Yemen and two others to Ireland. The transfers were part of the administrations broader effort to close the prison by its self-imposed January deadline.

Wolf, who is the ranking Republican on the Appropriations subcommittee that funds the Justice Department, also cited Yemen as a nation in which al Qaeda operates relatively easily, making it unsuitable for prisoner transfers.

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http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/67585-congressman-invokes-fort-hood-shooting-to-object-to-gitmo-prisoner-transfer-

[C_Lawyer09]

1. Unflippingbelievable

Arguments that defy all logic. Supermax isn't safe enough.... What garbage. Pandering for votes.

[Angry Dragon]

2. Rep.Wolf said they could come live with him.......

I can make them into good republicans