Boehner: Obama 'importing' terrorists
Posted: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 10:58 AM by Mark Murray
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White House, Congress, Security
From NBC's Mark Murray
Republicans this morning are pouncing on the news that one Gitmo detainee, Ahmed Ghailani, was transferred to a federal court in New York for his alleged role in the 1998 Africa embassy bombings. Said House Minority Leader John Boehner in a statement:
This is the first step in the Democrats’ plan to import terrorists into America. Without a plan to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, the Administration has made the decision to begin transferring these terrorists into the United States, in spite of the overwhelming opposition of the American people and serious questions from Members of Congress of both parties. There are more than 200 of the world’s most dangerous men held at the Guantanamo Bay prison. Does the Administration plan to transfer all of them into our nation in this way? Do they plan to give them the same legal rights as the American people? Just what is the Administration’s plan for closing this prison?
But as NBC's Pete Williams reported last month, Ghailani's transfer to stand trial in New York makes sense, given that the other defendants in the embassy bombings were tried and convicted there.
