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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPrice for new prison at Guantanamo rises to $69 million
The proposed price of an exclusive new prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, rose by $20 million in a year because designers added meeting rooms and a medical clinic for 15 former CIA captives, including accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed, a military spokesman saidMonday.
Last year, the military estimated it would cost $49 million to build a new Camp 7, Guantanamo's name for its clandestine high-value detainee lockup. Last week, the U.S. House Armed Services Committee earmarked $69 million in its proposed budget for 2015 Defense Department spending to build the new prison.
Construction is not assured because the full Congress has yet to take up the budget.
"The original estimated cost was made pre-site-selection," said Army Col. Greg Julian, a spokesman for the U.S. Southern Command, which oversees the detention center that holds 154 terrorism suspects and a 2,200-member staff.
Read more here: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2014/05/12/227251/price-for-new-prison-at-guantanamo.html?sp=/99/117/#storylink=cpy
Last year, the military estimated it would cost $49 million to build a new Camp 7, Guantanamo's name for its clandestine high-value detainee lockup. Last week, the U.S. House Armed Services Committee earmarked $69 million in its proposed budget for 2015 Defense Department spending to build the new prison.
Construction is not assured because the full Congress has yet to take up the budget.
"The original estimated cost was made pre-site-selection," said Army Col. Greg Julian, a spokesman for the U.S. Southern Command, which oversees the detention center that holds 154 terrorism suspects and a 2,200-member staff.
Read more here: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2014/05/12/227251/price-for-new-prison-at-guantanamo.html?sp=/99/117/#storylink=cpy
Deficit deficit deficit, oh wait, let's build a new prison at Gitmo instead of closing it like the American people want us to do...
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Price for new prison at Guantanamo rises to $69 million (Original Post)
grahamhgreen
May 2014
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"the detention center that holds 154 terrorism suspects and a 2,200-member staff"
Cal Carpenter
May 2014
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Octafish
(55,745 posts)1. Wasn't that like supposed to have closed in 2009?
One of the first items on the agenda.
grahamhgreen
(15,741 posts)2. Now we have 69 million for a new one, I guess....
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)3. It was closed, almost...
Obama made good on his promise but suddenly Congress and a bunch of governors said they didn't want the prisoners in a prison in their states. So the new prison never got funded or built and they stayed down there.
Could Obama have made a better case? Could he have pushed it more? Maybe, but a lot of things were happening back then and it just never got done.
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Fearless
(18,421 posts)5. Whoa there, just wait a damn second!
What happened to closing the whole damn program?!
Cal Carpenter
(4,959 posts)6. "the detention center that holds 154 terrorism suspects and a 2,200-member staff"
Wow that seems really efficient.