Drift: How This Ship Became a Floating Gitmo -- The Danger Room
This is the U.S.S. Boxer. A big-deck amphibious assault ship, the “Golden Gator” displaces about 40,500 tons and provides a working home for more than 2,000 troops. Recently, its brig held a less likely passenger, Danger Room has confirmed: Ahmed Abdulkadir Warsame, a Somali whom the United States just charged with supporting al-Shabaab and al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula.
But if Warsame’s case is the future of terrorism detentions, that’s going to be a problem. The Navy simply doesn’t have enough ships with the brig space to serve as a floating Guantanamo Bay.
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My Comment: Bottom line .... there is not enough room on these ships to house large number of detainees While it can probably accommodate a small number of detainees and only for a limited time .... it is definitely not a long term solution. Guantanamo has and still is the best way to handle these prisoners, but the administration clearly has a different altitude and direction on what to do with this facility.
Update: This Washington Times editorial nails it.
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