U.S. Bases Eyed As Gitmo Alternative

Camp X-Ray, one of the holding facilities for Taliban and al-Qaeda detainees. Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, January 10, 2002. REUTERS/U.S. Navy

From The Washington Times:

The Pentagon is looking at several military bases in the U.S. as possible sites to hold terrorist suspects now at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, including Camp Pendleton in San Diego and Fort Leavenworth in Kansas.

Sen. Sam Brownback, Kansas Republican whose state hosts Fort Leavenworth, told The Washington Times that an internal Pentagon study named Fort Leavenworth among other locations.

Fort Leavenworth is the site of a military training program for foreign military officers, and Mr. Brownback said he feared the presence of Guantanamo prisoners would destroy the program.

"You are going to kill our international training program. A lot of Islamic countries come through Leavenworth. We had students from 90 different countries there," he said.

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Update: Guantanamo Solution Remains a Defense Department Priority, Spokesman Says -- American Forces Press Service

My Comment: The problem is not where to house them .... the problem is how to prosecute them under the U.S. Constitution without releasing them because the burden of proof cannot be met.

The problem is that if this happens, the political consequences would toast all Democratic politicians running in any election. They will not be able to contain the uproar of anger for years.