Wednesday, May 20, 2009

President Obama, Keep GITMO Open!

If President Obama closes GITMO, where will the present detainees go? Will some detainees be released/detained further or will they be put on trial? What would happen if one of the GITMO detainees who is released, attacks a U.S. interest anywhere in the world? What would be the political fallout for Barack Obama who would have the blood of innocent Americans or other foreign nationals on his hands? The United States of America has the most outstanding, thorough, efficient Intelligence Agencies in the World, and they are second to none. More importantly those Intelligence Agencies such as the Office of Director of National Intelligence, the Central Intelligence Agency(CIA), United States Department Of Defense, Air Force Intelligence(AFISR), Military Intelligence, Defense Intelligence Agency(DIA), Marine Corp Intelligence Activity, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency(NGA), National Reconnaissance Office(NRO), National Security Agency(NSA), Office of Naval Intelligence(ONI), U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Intelligence and Counter Intelligence, United States Department of Homeland Security, United States Secret Service, Coast Guard Intelligence, United States Department Of Justice, Federal Bureau Of Investigation(FBI), Directorate of Intelligence, Drug Enforcement Administration, Office of National Security Intelligence(DEA), United States Department of State, Bureau of Intelligence Research(INR), United States Department of Treasury, and the Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence. Thanks to the previous named agencies, along with our superb law enforcement agencies, we have not had a 9/11 type of attack on the homeland since September 11, 2001.
President Obama needs to take more time to think more clearly on the subject of closing GITMO and to consult with his chief U.S. military personnel and members of his national security team on the subject on closing GITMO because the consequences and repercussions could be fatal to the U.S. national interests.
In my opinion, GITMO must stay open until we come up with a viable alternative that can absorb all the detainees with the highest standards of detention and security which meet the United States’ global obligation in its efforts to combat and curtail national and international terrorism.

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