The Senate voted 90-6 to withhold from the Administration the funds necessary to close Guantanamo (see post at Truth Out). What?!? They further specified that no previously allocated money could be used to "to transfer, release or incarcerate any individual who was detained as of May 19, 2009 at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to or within the United States." Um, Senators, where are these people supposed to go exactly? Guantanamo must close and it will close. Holding them indefinitely, pretending as if they are some sort of superhumans who cannot be held in maximum security (federal or military) prisons is not an option.
One of my senators (Thank you, Senator Levin) was one of the six to vote against this foolishness. I will be calling my other senator's office to find out why she was not vote #7.
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