From: Ad 

Rich Gauszka wrote:
> Unfortunately Cheney still  appears to be pulling the puppet strings
>

Realists vs.......true believers....ah the power of faith over facts.

However the true realist realises it's all too late now anyway & the
US's reputation in terms of not being a place of Gulags & kidnappings
by the gov etc is gone so....they may as well empty the place by simply
dragging them all out of their cells & shooting them.

It's not like that would surprise anyone or make them think worse of the US.

You've gone down the KGB route so finish the job.

Pistol, back of a head, pull trigger , problem solved.

Adam



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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/23/washington/23gitmo.html?ei=5065&en=0ab05aeb
2e8a43a5&ex=1175227200&partner=MYWAY&pagewanted=print
> WASHINGTON, March 22 - In his first weeks as defense secretary, Robert M.
> Gates repeatedly argued that the detention facility at Guant namo Bay, Cuba,
> had become so tainted abroad that legal proceedings at Guant namo would be
> viewed as illegitimate, according to senior administration officials. He
> told President Bush and others that it should be shut down as quickly as
> possible.
>
> Mr. Gates's appeal was an effort to turn Mr. Bush's publicly stated desire
> to close Guant namo into a specific plan for action, the officials said. In
> particular, Mr. Gates urged that trials of terrorism suspects be moved to
> the United States, both to make them more credible and because Guant namo's
> continued existence hampered the broader war effort, administration
> officials said.
>
> Mr. Gates's arguments were rejected after Attorney General Alberto R.
> Gonzales and some other government lawyers expressed strong objections to
> moving detainees to the United States, a stance that was backed by the
> office of Vice President Dick Cheney, administration officials said.
>
> As Mr. Gates was making his case, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice joined
> him in urging that the detention facility be shut down, administration
> officials said. But the high-level discussions about closin
>
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