Long-Term Plan Sought For Terror Suspects (washingtonpost.com) By Dana Priest
Administration officials are preparing long-range plans for indefinitely imprisoning suspected terrorists whom they do not want to set free or turn over to courts in the United States or other countries, according to intelligence, defense and diplomatic officials.
The Pentagon and the CIA have asked the White House to decide on a more permanent approach for potentially lifetime detentions, including for hundreds of people now in military and CIA custody whom the government does not have enough evidence to charge in courts. The outcome of the review, which also involves the State Department, would also affect those expected to be captured in the course of future counterterrorism operations. …
As part of a solution, the Defense Department, which holds 500 prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, plans to ask Congress for $25 million to build a 200-bed prison to hold detainees who are unlikely to ever go through a military tribunal for lack of evidence, according to defense officials.
Lifetime imprisonment for people for whom there is insufficient evidence for a trial. A clear violation of our constitution. Everyone in the Bush Administration is guilty of violating our constitution — I recommend long-term imprisonment for them all. mjh
[Thanks, Lisa T!]
