Monday, January 04, 2010

Obama To Sent Gitmo Detainees To Yemen

No matter what.

Some of the world's most dangerous terrorists will be sent from Guantanamo Bay to Yemen, regardless of how obvious stupid it is.

"Guantanamo detainees should not be released to Yemen at this time. It is too unstable."


That's not Dick Cheney speaking. That's Dianne Feinstein, Democrat from San Francisco.

On Fox News Sunday, top White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan said the administration "absolutely" intends to keep sending Guantanamo prisoners to Yemen. The administration has sent seven detainees to the country, Brennan said, with six of those sent in December. "Several of those detainees were put into Yemeni custody right away," Brennan said. He did not elaborate on how many is "several" or where the other Guantanamo inmates sent to Yemen might be today. But he said the U.S. has faith in Yemen to handle the situation. "We've had close dialogue with the Yemeni government about the expectations that we have as far as what they're supposed to do when these detainees go back," Brennan said.

Given that, host Chris Wallace asked, "You are going to consider on a case-by-case basis sending more Yemenis back to Yemen?"

"Absolutely," said Brennan.

Appearing on NBC's "Meet the Press," Brennan explained that, "Of the recent batch that we sent back, about six, many of them are in custody within the Yemeni system right now." He did not elaborate on the meaning of "many." "We will decide and determine when, when we should send additional people back," Brennan continued. "But we're going to do it in the right way, because Guantanamo should be closed. It was used as a propaganda tool by al-Qaeda, and the president is still committed to it." The message was clear: Guantanamo inmates are going back to Yemen.


Just so you know, this administration considers Yemen so dangerous and unstable that it closed the US embassy recently.

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