What do you think about keeping gitmo open for convicted terrorists?

[Shagbark Hickory]

I mean, most of the people in there have never gone to trial.
IF they are guilty, keep them, who gives a crap.
If they aren't then ship them back to whereever they were picked up from.

[noamnety]

1. No thank you.

Can't see a reason to keep them as US prisoners outside of US soil, unless the purpose is to use some loophole of avoiding US laws and oversight.

[Shagbark Hickory]

5. Loopholes are the objection then, not the facility?

[dgibby]

2. Welcome to DU. Enjoy your stay.

:popcorn:

[goddess40]

3. No

Close it as it too expensive to keep up and it is a black mark against this nation. We already have terrorists in US supermaxes so what's a few more?

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[Euromutt]

7. Since when do we keep civilians in military-run prisons?

The inmates of Camp X-Ray have to be civilians, because otherwise they'd have to be PoWs. So if they're guilty of breaking the criminal laws of the United States, we should treat them like any other civilian convict (any supermax candidate anyway). We sure as hell shouldn't leave them in the hands of the armed forces, not after Abu Ghraib and the other instances of armed forces personnel abusing detainees.