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Dear
Friends,
Today,
we've
learned
the
Obama
Administration
is
moving
forward
with
plans
to
determine
domestic
sites
to
move
Guantanamo
prisoners
to.
Those
sites
include
the
Naval
Brig
in
Hanahan
and
Ft.
Leavenworth
in
Kansas.
There
is
no
plan
or
study
that
shows
transferring
prisoners
from
Guantanamo
Bay
to
South
Carolina
or
any
other
domestic
location
will
make
America
safer. It
is
unbelievable
that
the
President
believes
they
need
to
assess
whether
the
Naval
Brig,
which
is
right
next
to
an
elementary
school
and
a
residential
neighborhood,
as
well
as
just
a
short
drive
from
one
of
the
biggest
tourist
destinations
in
the
world,
is
a
better
option
for
housing
dangerous
terrorists
than
Guantanamo
Bay.
These
detainees
are
the
worst
of
the
worst,
including
planners
of
the September
11th attacks
and
the
attack
on
the
U.S.S.
Cole.
They
should
stay
right
where
they
are
–
in
cells
at
the
prison
on
Guantanamo
Bay.
Congress
passed
a
bipartisan
bill
barring
the
transfer
of
detainees
to
the
United
States
for
a
reason.
Changing
this
policy
is
simply
an
awful
strategy,
and
there
are
a
variety
of
legislative
options
I
will
assess
in
order
to
fight
these
plans
for
as
long
as
it
takes.
I
am
already
working
both
with
members
of
our
delegation
and
the
Kansas
delegation
to
lead
the
charge
against
bringing
these
prisoners
into
a
domestic
setting,
and
will
be
speaking
with
multiple
members
of
the
Administration
in
the
coming
days.
Sincerely,
Tim
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