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Guantanamo Bay Detainees May Be Transferred to Ft. Leavenworth
Posted: 8:40 a.m. 3/30/07
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates suggests looking into possibly closing the military prison at Guantanamo Bay and transferring the detainees to prisons on U.S. soil. |
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WASHINGTON (AP) _ A member of the House Armed Services Committee
warns that closing the Guantanamo Bay detention facility could lead to imprisoning terrorists at Fort Leavenworth.
California Republican Duncan Hunter cited an internal memo that shows a list of U.S. installations that he says are among the locations displaced Guantanamo detainees might be transferred. Fort Leavenworth is on the list.
Thursday Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Congress and the White House should work to allow the U.S. to imprison some of the more dangerous Guantanamo Bay detainees elsewhere so the facility can be closed.
A congressional aide told the AP last night that the list under discussion was simply an older list of bases with prisons.
The U.S. Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth dates to 1875, and is the Defense Department's only maximum security prison.
