Nor will we release detainees within the United States who endanger the American people? Does that mean he plans to release those he deems not to be dangerous within the US? UNACCEPTABLE if that is true!!

Gitmo is not the issue. Imprisoning terrorists on US soil, while not a wlecome notion for the taxpayer, is not the issue either. Releasing ANY of them in our communities ……..is the issue.

Amit, your opinion of GITMO and the wars aside, do you approve of allowing any of them to live next door to you? Am I right in thinking that you’re not in favor of that?

Being upset with GITMO or any mishandling of wars does not restrict you from opposing citizenship for prisoners taken from a war.

Do a little googling and you see quotes like:

(CNSNews.com) – Shortly after his release from Guantanamo Bay prison in 2004, Mohammed Ismail was quoted as saying, “They gave me a good time in Cuba. They were very nice to me, giving me English lessons.”

Ismail was repatriated to Afghanistan but recaptured in May 2004 for participating in an attack against U.S forces in Kandahar. He was carrying a letter confirming his membership with the Taliban.

If you google, you’ll also see people comparing the 1 in 7 recitivism rate to our much higher rate among US criminals. Just another example of comparing apples to oranges. The aren’t US citizens and they aren’t just criminals. When US criminals serve their time they are released in the same country they were from. If we captured prisoners in Pakistan, send them back to Pakistan. Where they go from there is their business.

This has nothing to do with prison guards or their ability to keep us safe.

It has everything to do with wasting taxpayer money when we have a perfectly good facility at GITMO already doing the job.

It has everything to do with creating unnecessary demands on our local populations when we have to move the prisoner to the courthouse.

It has everything to do with granting U.S. rights to people sworn to undermine the U.S. system of governance and law and order.

It has everything to do with putting these prisoners in general population, allowing them to sew their seeds of hatred amongst U.S. inmates.

It has everything to do with the POTENTIAL of making the area surrounding the prison a target for outside terrorist groups and extremists.

Spare me your hyperbole.

Besides, my source said Perriello was arm-twisted into this vote and he was one of the last, if not the last one, to cast his ballot…literally being the one.

Additionally, Virginia is at the head of the line when it comes to prisoner moves for the very reason you mention – we have top-notch military brigs and state prisons.

I don’t feel “worried” that prisoners will be held here, other than the fact that it’s unnecessary, a potential hassle, and a waste of taxpayer dollars.

When did American’s grow so spineless?

Some seem to think that there is no chance that some of the detainees will be released into the general population here in Virginia. Others have heard the same sources I have ,saying that this is a possibility and that other nations are also being asked to take in these former prisoners. From what I thought I heard/read, some would not be released but, imprisoned as William Bailey talks about.

Let’s just say that if there is ANY chance that former GITMO detainees will be allowed to immigrate under ANY policy domestic or international, the responsible elected officials should be driven out of the state by crowds wielding torches and pitchforks!!! Deport them before you release them. Take them back home………THEIR home.

Now, if there is no chance of that……….if we’re JUST talking about imprisoning them, I’d be guilty of the NIMBY mentality. However, I wouldn’t be as enraged at blatant irresponsible actions on the part of our representatives.

Offering these detainees a place in America is NOT our responsibility. Putting these people on our streets is not serving the constituents well at all.

Hey, I have a LOT of respect for both Ron Paul and George Fitch, but letting these detainees live here among the public is beyond the pale. Let’s not cut off our collective noses to spite our faces.

So, as the only ones to hold our elected officials in check, I guess “we the people” need to found out what the truth is, and who is telling it.

these terrorists do not have rights.

if perreillo wants to bring them to the US, he might as well turn them loose in Alaska, where wolf hunting from aircraft is permitted.

The point is, that we should not give these jihadists the same rights as American criminals. The tribunal system is the system that has been used in times past.

There are also practical concerns. If you think that traffic in NOVA is bad now, just wait until they have to close a city block in order to move the jihadi from his cell to the courthouse, two or three times a week.

This seems like fear-mongering to me.

Please!