The Obama administration will not be sending Abu Khatallah, the Libyan militant captured in connection to the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, to Guantanamo Bay, according to National Security Council Spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden.
Below is Hayden’s statement:
Abu Khatallah is currently in U.S. custody in a secure location outside the United States, and en route to the United States to face the charges against him. Some have suggested that he should go to GTMO. Let me rule that out from the start. The Administration’s policy is clear on this issue: we have not added a single person to the GTMO population since President Obama took office, and we have had substantial success delivering swift justice to terrorists through our federal court system.
Indeed, since 9/11, we have used the federal court system to convict and incarcerate hundreds of terrorists. The effective use of the criminal justice system has resulted in the debriefing, conviction and incarceration of U.S. citizens and non-citizens for acts of terrorism committed inside the United States and around the world. The system has repeatedly proven that it can successfully allow us to gather intelligence, handle the threat that we continue to face, and prosecute terrorists.
Derision, outrage and talk of impeachment from all the insanities will follow shortly.
This is what American exceptionalism actually looks like. It’s a belief that we can do anything, that we are better because we do better. It’s not some childlike belief that somehow we’re a perfect country incapable of ever doing wrong. It’s the understanding that we’re imperfect yet a desire to be a more perfect union. It’s a belief that we can work within our laws to be a more just nation. Republicans will never, ever understand that because they truly hate America.
Sounds like limp-wristed Commie talk to me!
this won’t sit well with the “ready, fire, aim” crowd on the right. . .
Not sending to GTMO only cuz Sharia-Law/Commie/Socialism/Lamestream-Media/FEMA-Camps are just around the corner anyway. FINALLY!
Also, too, Repukes keep killing funding for expansion of bedding in Cuba. Cuz “fiscal responsibility”.
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