No signs of phaseout for Guantanamo

[maddezmom]

Source: Boston Globe

No signs of phaseout for Guantanamo
By Farah Stockman, Globe Staff | June 11, 2007

WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration has transferred three suspected terrorists to the Guantanamo Bay prison since March, despite recent legal setbacks and President Bush's statement that he would like to close the controversial facility.

The three detainees are the first to arrive in Guantanamo Bay since 2004, with the exception of those who were abruptly transferred last fall when Bush closed secret CIA prisons in Europe after their existence became known. Two of the recent transfers were captured in a sweeping counterterrorism operation in Somalia. The third is Iraqi.

The lack of new arrivals -- and the large number of detainees who were being sent home -- had led many human rights advocates to believe the Guantanamo Bay prison was being phased out amid widespread international outrage.

But now, new detainees are arriving and the flow of releases has slowed significantly -- from 102 last year to 15 this year.



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[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

1. and exactly what possible jurisdiction do we have over the Somali prisoners?

Did Somalia extradite them? I am guessing not.

[izzie]

2. I guess it is Bush rules. He can not get rid of it I think,.

We need a Dem. President to do it if they have the B----.

[Solly Mack]

3. CIA secret prisons have not been closed.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=1065173&mesg_id=1065173


(I know the article says "in Europe")


"Bush said in September there were no prisoners remaining in custody in U.S. secret facilities at that time. But the report said the transfer of Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi from CIA custody to Guantanamo in April showed the system was still operating."


CIA, secret prisons, Africa

AP: U.S. interrogating at Africa’s secret prisons

CIA and FBI agents hunting for al-Qaida militants in the Horn of Africa have been interrogating terrorism suspects from 19 countries held at secret prisons in Ethiopia, which is notorious for torture and abuse, according to an investigation by The Associated Press.


US: Close CIA Prisons Still in Operation
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/04/27/usdom15795.htm