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Why is closing gitmo such a challenge for this adminastration to close ? Marion Illinoise is an ideal penitentary to house those prisoners . As an ex-prisoner who served time in this supermax prison I've seen the worst of the worst,and some escape artist try to beat this place and couldn't as well as terrorist. They even have a court room set up in the prison so you don't have to transfer prisoners back and forth. I spent 20 years in the federal prion sytem. And marion supermax can handlle any terrorist coming from gitmo!

President's Obama's administration has withdrawn from the war on terror, going so far as to refuse to even use the term "terror" for such events as the Fort Hood terror attack. Gitmo is not a prison, it is a prisoner of war camp. Those who insist that terror attacks on our nation are criminal justice matters are just plain mistaken. On the battelefield there are no Miranda rights, no "due process," no right to counsel. That is the disconnect as I see it.

@nick, you're right, the term War on Terror is a pointless, vague term, that was good for talking points. It should instead be called the "war on al Qaeda and the states that provide them material support" . Is that specific enough for you?

I don't live in New York........but boy howdy the newspapers are gonna make some money over this trial. People are hungry for information. I myself am curious as to what information will become public.

Well it seems between moving them to New York, and now apparently perhaps buying a prison just north of Chicago where some of them might possibly be housed, I guess they can close Gitmo on time . Wonder how Chicago likes the idea of having their backyard become the new Gitmo North?

SocialismBad your premises are equivalent of saying " adog has four legs and John has four legs therefore John is a dog" . Thats amistake most Republicans do!. one thing you guys hate facts and you know why? because you get your news from fox which is ran like the tabloids oops they belong to the same angry old man!

Sure they substancially met their deadline. Just like they produced 1 million jobs.

Can't Obama's mouth pieces be honest about anything.

I trust our judicial system, and Illinois' supermax prison could handle those convicted. The area could use the jobs, too. Others who don't think we Americans can't handle this are uninformed wimps...other terrorists have been tried in the US and are currently kept in US prisons. Go find something else to complain about. Maybe you don't like the color of President Obama's socks, or you think we should all be required to buy a copy of former gov. Palin's newest work of fiction.

What does "substantially meet the deadline" mean? You either meet the deadline or don't. All this Admiinistration has proved is they're learning how to "spin" as well as every other Administration has done.

These trials will be good for America, bad for Republicans (each on two counts):

America will benefit from within by seeing that our criminal/judicial system is up to the tasks of maintaining security and administering justice.
America will benefit from without when, like it or not, the facts come out and show that these criminal/terrorist individuals acted in an inhumane, unGodly way, leaving little/no doubt, that under American and International law, they ARE criminals, and that we RESPECT the rule of law again.

Republicans will be shown as criminals and failures for allowing then President GWB to ignore, flout the laws we live by, in America, and as members of the International community.
Republicans will continue to be seen as the party of "NO." And, as America heals from the wounds they inflicted, they will continue to be less relevant.

This Administrations take on Terrorism is the problem, not the solution. These people want to KILL us. They do not care if you are military or civilian. They do not like us and there is nothing you can do to make them change their minds. Do you really think talking all nice to them...PAYING them to turn to our side is going to work? They will gladly take the money and give it to their organization to buy more weapons to kill us.

Putting these murders on trial is a joke, nothing more. They are not US Citizens and DO NOT deserve US Constitutional Rights. Each and every one of them deserves a bullet to the head. They would do that and more to us if given the chance. How many more American's need to die because of this Administrations cowardness to do what is right.

By the time Obama's 4 years are up, if he's not impeached by then, he will have Bush looking like a Saint for keeping us safe since 9/11/01 to Jan 21, 2009

As I write this "victim of republican greed" has been allowed to post 3 out of the 13 comments. Cnn will rarely post my comments. I guess they want the ratio to liberals' comments to be way more than conservative. Obama is destroying our security; he should be impeached.

The one-trick pony GOP fear-mongering is dead. Get over it...America is sick and tired of Dick Cheny and the GOP propaganda. Meanwhile Americans can finally be proud of our President again and our European NATO allies are finally on the same page with our stance on treating prisoners according to the Geneva Convention.

Yes, it will take some time to shovel out of the very large pile of manure that Bush handed off to Obama. Gitmo is a considerable part of that pile..

SocialismBad should have confidence in our robust judicial system. Rudy's blah, blah, blah about "abandoning the war on terror" is just political chatter. There is a genuine difference of opinion in the American public about judicial process for individuals who commit acts of terror. Declaring war on people, not a country, is absurd – a la War on Poverty, War on Drugs. The "War" on Terror is a platitude that opportunists, such as Rudy, find instills fear in people and is an good tool for electoral politics. Rudy, who put his command center in the World Trade Center after the 1993 bombing, got unjustified CNN face time on Sept. 11 and hoped to use it to catapult himself into the greater power and wealth of the presidency.

Americans are wimps. The terrorists should be afraid of us, not the other way 'round. What's wrong with you people. Bring a terrorist to me, I'll take care of them for you. You all go hide under your beds until I solve the problem for you.

The faster we close the Gitmo prison the better. And unlike what Rep Kirk said The gitmo prison was not built "to keep terrorists away from U.S. soil." It was built to allow Bush and Cheney's henchmen an excuse to use torture on the prisoners and deny them rights that they feared they would claim if brought to the U.S.

The world sees Gitmo as the dark spot on the American soul that it is. It is time to clean it up and Obama is doing that and so much more for America.

Unfortunately for the American public, CNN and John King in particular have decided to be the mouthpiece of the Republican Party without disclosing the limitation of their perspective and the blinders they have chosen to wear on matters that should be open to genuine public debate. Sorry, CNN, I no longer watch your programming. There is no news, just Republican talking points camoflaged as "news."

What's the rush-it's been 8 years No comments from Romney.I'm guessing it's political.

to SocialismBad,

You and your Republican crackpots truly are unpatriotic. You care none about our laws and keep trying to scare everybody. Your comment about our country being sooooo screwed truly indicates how deep in the Republican gutter you and your friends have sunk.
As you always say about those who disagree with you, "Go move to Iceland" where you and yours can chew the fat.

SocialismBad wrote: ... endangering people in New York with show trials that will turn into a farce. When these war criminals are let off because they weren't read their Miranda rights, or denied legal counsel, then the whole country will know just how incompetent and dangerous Obama and his flunkies really are. ..."

I do hope that SocialismBad is man enough to say he was wrong if none of the war criminals are released on a legal technicality.

How are the people of New York endangered by having a trial there? A terrorist attack is predicted, I assume. I see all those bumper stickers with a picture of the American flag and the caption "These colors never run." I'm pretty sure that SocialismBad does not have one of those on his bumper. His recommendation is that any legal process in our democracy that terrorists don't like should be immediately suspended, I guess.

Personally, I am not afraid of terrorists. It is true that terrorists have killed about 9,000 Americans since 2002. However, over 14,000 Americans were killed by other Americans in 2008. Statistically, I am much more likely to be killed by another American with a gun than by a foreign terrorist.

Buck up there, SocialismBad. Show some spine.

If we are so scared to protect our judicial system, we have failed as a society. What better way to reward terrorists than stating we cannot put these dogs because we are afraid they might attack again. Gitmo is a disgrace and one of the leading recruitment incentives for terrorists. How long do we hold people without charge? The GOP is so off base on this issue. We hold them without charge, they do not fall under the Geneva Convention rules because they were not under a government run military, yet we are going to try them under a military tribunal. A system that the military lawyers have stated over and over again that is influence heavily by politicians. Time for the wimps in the GOP to either face the fact we can put these dogs on trial and show that we will survive, or time to admit that all of the Homeland Security actions for the last eight years are a waste of time and money.

The wingnuts are so afraid of a trial of the self admitted leader of the 9-11 terrorists. I know that Hitler and the Nazis were not in favor of giving people trials either.

@Socialism. You are not endangering people in NY by having trials of these war criminals. that is total b.s. and you need to understand the facts first without just spouting off. You are saying the opposite of what is true. Obama is good for this country and going in the right direction. Unlike your president GW Bush.

The reason Obama is president is because of the incompetence of the republican party and their candidates. We are fortunate to have avoided being so screwed.

Too bad you wingnuts have no faith in the constitution or our judicial system. Your baseless negative comments with no facts, only fear, are as premature as your socialism wet dreams.

Sure, meet your ridiculous deadlines while endangering people in New York with show trials that will turn into a farce. When these war criminals are let off because they weren't read their Miranda rights, or denied legal counsel, then the whole country will know just how incompetent and dangerous Obama and his flunkies really are. This country is soooo screwed.