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Saying you want to closing Gitmo "ASAP" is meaningless. Bush officials said that frequently.
Absolutely. In fact, we already have a "new" Gitmo over in Afghanistan: the prison at Bagram Air Base. There are people being held there that were illegally kidnapped in other countries (US government criminals and their fellow travelers call it "rendition") and shipped into Afghanistan in order to try to avoid any oversight. They use the claim that the area is in an active combat zone so all the prisoners are legit war prisoners.
Bullshit. Anyone hauled in from outside the actual theater of combat ops is a political prisoner, NOT a combatant, illegal or otherwise. Be very suspicious. If Obama seems to easily segue into closing Gitmo, suspect it is pure political theater and that he is doing so only because he knows we still have at least another Gitmo (more likely several) in SW Asia.
