Is U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder ignoring Rep. Wolf?

Earlier this month, Rep. Frank Wolf joined other members of the Virginia Congressional Delegation in co-sponsoring legislation against the Obama administration from moving detainees from Guantanamo Bay to Virginia prisons. Accompanying the proposed legislation, Wolf sent an official congressional query to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on the nature of the transfer.

According to Wolf’s office, the letter, sent on Mar. 13, hasn’t received any response from the attorney general.

Wolf, who is also the ranking member of the House Appropriations Commerce-Justice-Science Subcommittee, asked twenty-two reasonable questions for the Justice Department:

1. What steps has the Justice Department taken to assure the security ofthe surrounding population ifsuch violent combatants are confined and tried in urban areas?
2. What precautions wi11 be taken to ensure that the detainees do not escape?
3. Is the Obama administration concerned that the presence of these detainees will invite attacks from ideological followers in an attempt to set them free and, ifso, what precautions are being taken to prevent this scenario?
4. How will the detainees be transported to the courthouses?
5. What type of security cordon will be in place if detainees are transported on local highways?
6. Has the Justice Department considered the traffic disruptions associated with road closures around federal courthouses and local jails during the trials of these individuals?
7. If the detainees are flown to any location, will they use military or commercial airports?
8. If commercial airports are used, will terminals have to be evacuated to ensure security?
9. What will be the security perimeter around federal courthouses and will local residents and businesses be forced to move or close to ensure security? Ifso, for how long?
10. Will Metrorail stations in close proximity to the U.S. Courthouse in Alexandria be closed?
11. Will the Westin Hotel, approximately 200 feet from the courthouse, and the Patent and Trademark Office, approximately 250 feet from the courthouse be evacuated?
12. Has the Justice Department considered the impact such detainees will have on local prisons, such as the city jail in Alexandria, where federal defendants are often held during trial?
13. Will prisoners in local jails have to be moved to provide a secure location for housing these combatants, and, ifso, who will bear the costs associated with their transfer?
14. Will there be an extensive list ofrules and regulations given to local and state officials regarding the housing and trial ofthese suspects? If so, will a copy ofthe regulations be made available to state and local officials as well as members of Congress?
15. Will state and local law enforcement officers be required to assist federal officials and will the federal government compensate those agencies for the use ofthose officers’ time?
16. What costs will be associated with the trial and what portion, ifany, will be borne by state and local governments?
17. Has the Justice Department consulted with the Defense Department regarding its ability or willingness to house these detainees?
18. Do a set ofprotocols for transferring and housing these individuals exist, and, if so, will you make it available to members of Congress?
19. What discussions regarding these detainees, if any, have administration officials had with the commanders ofthe Naval Station Brig in Norfolk, Virginia; the Marine Corps Base at Quantico, Virginia, or any other military instillation in the contiguous United States, Alaska or Hawaii?
20. Has the administration or the Department ofDefense had any discussions with Naval commanders regarding the possibility oftransferring detainees to U.S. Naval vessels either in U.S. territorial or international waters?
21. Has the administration had any discussions with the warden ofthe Administrative Maximum prison facility in Florence, Colorado, regarding the difficulties surrounding the housing of Zacharias Moussaoui and how other prisons might be affected by housing similar detainees?
22. Has the administration had discussions with any ofthe detainees’ country oforigin regarding their willingness to accept custody?

Given that the Washington Post is reporting that Northern Virginians – particularly those in Alexandria – are also opposed to the idea, you would think the administration would want to be forthcoming with answers to these questions relatively quickly.

If the administration wants to close Guantanamo, yet cares about U.S. citizens as much as the detainees (who are not to be called terrorists, but ), they should want to answer these questions to reduce alarm and confusion.

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