Trump Is About To Fill GITMO Up After Obama Emptied It But You Won’t Believe Who He’s Sending There
Another campaign promise on the verge of being kept by our new president!
While President Donald Trump has been having a stellar showing abroad at the G20 Summit. Attorney General Jeff Sessions along with his deputy, Rod Rosenstein, and Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats took the time to visit the Guantanamo Bay prison camp at the US naval base on the island of Cuba.
Between 2009 and 2017 the Guantanamo prison has been running basically on a kind of autopilot mode since the executive order from former President Barack Hussein Obama calling for the facility to be shut down is still technically the law of the land. But because President Trump is a true American who cares about our nation’s security and the well-being of out citizens over all else, he promised during the campaign to fill it to capacity again.
Sessions ended his visit by saying that the prison is a “very fine place” where there is no legal reason not to send new detainees there.
The Guardian Reports:
Obama signs order to close Guantánamo Bay
Thursday 22 January 2009 12.20 EST
Prison that symbolizes George Bush’s ‘war on terror’ will be shut down, accompanied by ban on torture and review of military trials
Barack Obama has signed an executive order to shut down the US military prison at Guantánamo Bay – the most potent symbol of excess in George Bush’s “war on terror”.
The new US president signed two other executive orders to review the use of military trials for terror suspects and ban the harshest interrogation techniques, such as waterboarding.
The three executive orders – on the second day of the new administration – showed that Obama was determined to move swiftly to implement some of his key campaign pledges. Administration staff applauded at the signing ceremony in the Oval Office.
“The message that we are sending around the world is that the United States intends to prosecute the ongoing struggle against violence and terrorism and we are going to do so vigilantly,” Obama said. “We are going to do so effectively and we are going to do so in a manner that is consistent with our values and our ideals.”
A draft copy of the order said: “In view of significant concerns raised by these detentions, both within the United States and internationally, prompt and appropriate disposition of the individuals currently detained at Guantánamo and closure of the facility would further the national security and foreign policy interests of the United States and the interests of justice.”
An estimated 245 men are being held at Guantánamo, a US naval base in Cuba. Most have been locked up for years without being charged with a crime. Obama’s plans to review military trials of terror suspects and end harsh interrogations were being assembled even before he won the election in November.
The UN’s torture investigator, Manfred Nowak, welcomed the move and said freed inmates should be allowed to sue the US if they had been mistreated. “Justice also means to look into the past,” Nowak told the Associated Press. Nowak has previously said he has reliable accounts of torture at Guantánamo. Lawyers for two inmates, Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri and Mohammed Jawad, have said their clients were tortured.
In Saudi Arabia, families of the country’s 13 remaining Guantánamo detainees rejoiced at the news.
“That was a humane decision. We’re very optimistic,” said Ali al-Sayari, whose son Abdullah, 28, has been there for eight years. The family has not heard from or about him for the past two years.
“Obama is correcting the mistakes of his predecessor,” said Ali al-Shamrani, whose nephew Mohammed al-Shamrani has been in Guantánamo for eight years.
Obama’s nominee to be the director of national intelligence is set to tell Congress there will be no torture, harsh interrogations or wiretaps without warrants under his command.
In remarks prepared for his confirmation hearing, retired Admiral Dennis Blair said he believed “torture is not moral, legal or effective”.