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• Wednesday, May 20, 2009 09:15 AM

  "Gitmo never meant to be an Ellis Island"

  At the start of Wednesday's [House Judiciary Committee] hearing, Mueller was asked what concerns the FBI has about the release of Guantanamo detainees.

  "The concerns we have about individuals who may support terrorism being in the United States run from concerns about providing financing, radicalizing others," Mueller said, as well as "the potential for individuals undertaking attacks in the United States."...

  He said there were also potential risks to putting detainees in maximum security prisons.

  Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., whose district includes the World Trade Center site, then prodded Mueller to agree that such individuals could be safely kept in maximum security prisons in the U.S.

  Mueller balked at Nadler's suggestion, noting that in some instances imprisoned gang leaders have run their gangs from inside prisons.

  "It depends on the circumstances," Mueller said....

  So, our judicial system isn't good enough to deal with detainees and neither is our gang-laden prison system. We're just a nation of incompetents, aren't we?

  Republicans urged Mueller to take the FBI's concerns to the White House.

  "No good purpose is served by allowing known terrorists, who trained at terrorist training camps, to come to the U.S. and live among us," said Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas, the senior Republican on the committee. "Guantanamo Bay was never meant to be an Ellis Island."

  And our "leaders" are bald-faced liars. How could anyone be stupid enough to believe this?

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  —EJ Read EJ's other letters
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