First Abu Ghraib, now Gitmo looks like its closing down

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http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=6543098&cKey=1142182240000

U.S. says looking at alternatives to Guantanamo

LONDON (Reuters) - The United States is seeking ways to repatriate terrorism suspects held in Guantanamo Bay, a move that could eventually lead to the closure of the detention camp, a senior U.S. official said on Sunday.

"We have no intention of operating Guantanamo any day longer than we have to," U.S. State Department Deputy Assistant Secretary Colleen Graffy told Reuters. "If there is another viable alternative to deal with these detainees then that's something we are obviously always looking at."

She said there was no immediate plan to close the camp but that there were ongoing considerations about what to do with the detainees in the long term.

Her comments followed last week's visit to London by U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, whom the Independent on Sunday reported had asked British MPs about their attempts to deport terrorism suspects to their home countries.

[Jack Rabbit]

1. I'll say this again

No one should give a two-bit damn whether this faculity or that facility of Bush's secret network of gulags is closed.

Personally, I will be much more impressed if those running the facilities began respecting and observing the Geneva Conventions and the Convention against Torture.

[JitterbugPerfume]

2. it does not matter

where they torture people. What matters is that they TORTURE PEOPLE

[Cleita]

3. This is the bottom line.IMHO.n/t