Rep. Peter King Blames ACLU Lawsuits For The Number Of Gitmo Detainees (HQ)

Rep. Peter King (R-NY) phones in his take on the Guantanamo detainees with Contessa Brewer during which he blames the ACLU for the inability to prosecute them. Meanwhile, Ahmed Ghailani pleads not guilty while he awaits trial in isolation at the Metropolitan Correctional Centre in New York, which has housed numerous terror suspects over the years during their prosecutions in the Southern District of Manhattan. MSNBC News Live (aired: 06/10/09).

Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, a Tanzanian national accused of involvement in the 1998 US embassy bombing in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania was captured in Pakistan in 2004, held in secret prisons run by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and transferred in 2006 to the naval base at Guantanamo Bay.

Also, The South Pacific island nation of Palau has agreed to "temporarily resettle" the 17 Uighurs, or Chinese Muslims, currently being held at Guantanamo Bay, an official with the Palau government told FOX News. Cost: $200 million in development, budget support and other assistance in return for accepting the Uighurs and as part of a mutual defense and cooperation treaty that is due to be renegotiated this year, according to two U.S. officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to the Associated Press.

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[carlrs15]

Oh yes, that pesky right to an attorney. Damned ACLU.

[log140]

protect the constitution idiot,and the rule of law!! this is what you have sworn to do.. but the ACLU has to do your job king of the genius-republican president, who thought war-crimes were good for America!!!

[MikeRoch6969]

good work king, you have now argued for a police state.

[ushadrons]

Fuck Peter King, we already have over 100terrorist inside US prisons. No one is talking about releasing them onto the streets.