This is why I retain some respect for Powell despite his roll as an enabler for the worst President of modern times.
Powell calls for closing Guantanamo Bay, moving detainees – Los Angeles Times
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell said today he favors immediately closing the Guantanamo Bay military prison and moving its detainees to U.S. facilities.The prison, which now holds about 380 suspected terrorists, has tarnished the world’s perception of the United States, Powell said.
“If it was up to me, I would close Guantanamo. Not tomorrow, but this afternoon. I’d close it,” he said.
“And I would not let any of those people go,” he said. “I would simply move them to the United States and put them into our federal legal system. The concern was, well then they’ll have access to lawyers, then they’ll have access to writs of habeas corpus. So what? Let them. Isn’t that what our system is all about?”
Yes, isn’t it?
