Brown: keep Guantanamo prisoners out of Charleston
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News 2
Published: November 19, 2008
South Carolina Congressman Henry Brown, introduced legislation on Wednesday to prevent Guantanamo Bay detainees from being transferred to Navy brig in Charleston.
“Considering housing so many of these dangerous terrorists and supporters of terrorists in Charleston would be a horrible mistake,“ Brown said in a statement. “The Naval Consolidated Brig is, first and foremost, a medium-security facility, focused on housing members of the United States Armed Forces. While it is located on a military base, the brig is also less than a mile away from a highly populated civilian area. Bringing these extremely dangerous war criminals, deemed too high of a threat to be sent home, would add an unnecessary terrorist threat to our community.”
President-elect Barack Obama has promised to move the detainees from Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. News 2 reported Monday that the Navy brig in Charleston is being considered to house them.
“In situations such as these, it is understandable that no would want to house these detainees in their area,” Brown said, “but the fact is that there are far better options than bringing them to Charleston. Facilities such as the maximum security military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, or the existing federal “supermax” prison in Florence, Colorado, are all locations better equipped to securely and separately hold hundreds of individuals with ties to terrorists from civilians.”
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