Thursday, January 6, 2011

Republican Senators Seeking Data On Gitmo Detainee Transfers

Camp Delta, the fenced-in core of the Guantanamo prison.
Angel Franco/The New York Times


Senators Seek Data On Gitmo Detainee Transfers -- Washington Times

Call on Justice for documents

Senate Republicans are pressing the Obama administration for documents that outline procedures used in releasing terrorism-suspect detainees from the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, information the Justice Department and State Department have previously withheld.

In an effort by the GOP to provide greater oversight of the administration's war on terrorism, seven members of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, including the presumed next vice chairman, Sen. Saxby Chambliss, Georgia Republican, last month signed letters seeking the documents.

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My Comment: I suspect that these Republican oversight committees are going to discover items and policies that will not shed a positive light on the administration. What is my take .... I look forward to what they find.

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