U.S. May Release Taliban Prisoners From Guantanamo Bay

huffingtonpost.com — WASHINGTON -- U.S. intelligence officials acknowledged Tuesday that the United States may release several Afghan Taliban prisoners from the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as an incentive to bring the Taliban to peace talks. Meanwhile, Afghan officials told The Associated Press that a plan to give Afghanistan a form of legal custody over the men if they are released satisfied their earlier objection to sending the prisoners to a third country. Feb 1, 2012 View in Crawl 4

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U.S. May Release Taliban Prisoners From Guantanamo Bay

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novenator Feb 1, 2012

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Guantanamo should be shut down, and the people being detained there need to either face a trial or be released. You can't just grab people and lock them up in a torture facility on a military base indefinitely without due process.

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diggumsmack83 Feb 1, 2012

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I agree with your sentiment. but, Thanks to the NDAA, that's exactly what they can do.

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merainyday Feb 1, 2012

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YEP.... Just like now the US Military is doing 'training' exercises with local police forces.. now this sounds more reasonable considering the volatility of IRAN, but.....

jeffts Feb 1, 2012

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Huh, did hell freeze over? Novenator and I actually agree on something.

In regards to NDAA, you might be interested to know that Washington state legislators have introduced an NDAA nullification bill and joins Virginia and Tennessee considering legislation to nullify NDAA detention provisions.

http://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2012/01/washington-state-legislators-introduce-ndaa-nullification-bill/

bobcat7407 Feb 1, 2012

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I don't know if Guantanamo needs to be shut down, but you are absolutely right that those held there should be given their due process. I don't know how anyone can support holding people indefinitely.

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niceguyvan Feb 1, 2012

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"I don't know how anyone can support holding people indefinitely."

Because they declared war against the USA.

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bobcat7407 Feb 1, 2012

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How do you know it was them?

anomaly100 Feb 1, 2012

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How do you know they're guilty if they haven't been given a trial? Thing is, the govt knows that some of them are innocent.

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Meanwhile, dozens of innocents still remained detained, because WAR ON TERROR!

miklkit Feb 1, 2012

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When will the republicons release the money so that gitmo can be shut down?
Do those war criminals think they are going to be allowed to start torturing people again?Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.

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Strange set of circumstances indeed - this is obviously a stratagem of a stratagem of a ploy.

trivialanomaly Feb 2, 2012

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Sound like "negotiating with terrorists to me". How about giving them a fair trail and throwing them (if/when found guilty) into a proper prison. They should only release the ones that are not found guiltyby trail.

niceguyvan Feb 1, 2012