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Charleston,
SC
– U.S.
Senator
Tim
Scott
(R-SC)
has
been
leading
the
charge,
along
with
colleagues
in
and
outside
of
South
Carolina,
against
President
Obama’s
plan
to
relocate
dangerous
international
terrorists
currently
held
in
the
Guantanamo
Bay
Detention
Camp
in
Cuba
to
any
domestic
sites
on
US
soil,
including
one
in
South
Carolina.
His
fight
continues
to
garner
the
attention
of
editorial
boards,
local
and
national
media.
SOUTH
CAROLINA…
Times
&
Democrat
Editorial:
“Fearing
South
Carolina
is
again
about
to
become
the
home
that
no
other
state
wants
to
be
has
leaders
rightly
standing
up
against
federal
plans
to
transfer
terrorist
detainees
from
the
U.S.
prison
facility
at
Guantanamo
Bay
in
Cuba
to
military
prisons
in
South
Carolina
and
Kansas.
[…]
Joining
in
opposition
are
South
Carolina
Republican
U.S.
Sen.
Tim
Scott
and
Kansas
U.S.
Sen.
Pat
Roberts,
who
authored
an
opinion
column
for
the
Wall
Street
Journal
making
key
points
about
why
the
Obama
plan
is
unwelcome
and
a
very
bad
idea.
[“Guantanamo
terrorists
don’t
belong
in
S.C.,”
Times
&
Democrat,
8/28/15]
Post
&
Courier:
“Scott,
who
lives
in
Hanahan,
has
called
the
detainees
‘the
worst
of
the
worst,’
including
planners
of
the
9/11
attacks
and
the
attack
on
the
USS
Cole.
‘They
should
stay
right
where
they
are
—
in
cells
at
the
prison
on
Guantanamo
Bay,’
he
said
recently.”
[Schuyler
Kropf,
“Gov.
Nikki
Haley
draws
line
in
the
sand
over
Gitmo
prisoner
transfer
to
Navy
brig,”
Post
&
Courier,
8/20/15]
The
State:
“Obama
could
issue
an
executive
order
to
move
the
detainees.
But
Scott
said
he
would
fight
bringing
detainees
to
anywhere
in
the
nation
—
even
if
it
means
withholding
federal
money.
‘If
you
jeopardize
American
security,
all
bets
are
off
the
table,’
Scott
said
Thursday.
”
[Andrew
Shain,
“Gov.
Nikki
Haley
opposes
moving
Guantanamo
Bay
detainees
to
SC,”
The
State,
8/20/15]
WIS
Columbia:
“South
Carolina
Senator
Tim
Scott
has
also
been
vocal
on
social
media
about
the
potential
move.
Our
leaders
are
drawing
a
line
in
the
sand
and
I
agree
with
them.
Enemy
combatants
of
the
United
States
don't
belong
here.
South
Carolinians
need
to
send
a
united
message
to
national
leaders:
find
somewhere
else
to
house
the
people
many
see
as
terrorists.”
[“Terrorists
should
not
be
held
in
SC,”
WIS
Columbia,
8/25/15]
The
State:
“U.S.
Sen.
Tim
Scott,
R-N.
Charleston,
immediately
blasted
the
idea
of
sending
the
Gitmo
prisoners
to
the
Palmetto
State.”
[Lolita
C.
Baldor,
“Pentagon
assessing
S.C.
brig
as
an
option
for
Guantanamo,”
The
State
(Associated
Press),
8/14/15]
NATIONALLY…
Washington
Times
Editorial:
“President
Obama
is
pleased
with
himself
for
his
diplomatic
opening
to
Cuba.
The
rest
of
us
wouldn’t
be
pleased
with
what
he
wants
to
close.
The
president’s
long-standing
goal
of
shuttering
the
detention
facility
at
Guantanamo
Bay
appears
to
be
advancing
apace.
This
was
one
of
Cuban
President
Raul
Castro’s
demands
for
the
“normalization”
of
relations
with
the
United
States,
and
he
doesn’t
need
to
twist
Mr.
Obama’s
arm.
Closing
the
prison
at
Gitmo,
however,
raises
the
large
problem
of
where
to
put
the
prisoners.
Nobody
wants
them
in
his
backyard.
[…]
‘These
detainees
are
the
worst
of
the
worst,
including
planners
of
the
September
11th
attacks
and
the
attack
on
the
USS
Cole,’
says
Sen.
Tim
Scott
of
South
Carolina,
a
Republican.
“
[“‘No’
to
closing
Guantanamo,”
Washington
Times,
8/18/15]
The
Hill:
“Republican
state
leaders
and
lawmakers
are
pushing
back
against
the
Pentagon's
potential
plans
to
relocate
Guantanamo
Bay
detainees
to
prisons
in
their
states….
Sen.
Pat
Roberts
(R-Kansas)
has
also
vowed
to
fight
any
transfers
to
Kansas,
and
Sen.
Tim
Scott
(R-S.C.)
has
started
a
petition
against
such
transfers.”
[Kristina
Wong,
“Republicans
ramp
up
effort
to
block
Gitmo
transfers
to
their
states,”
The
Hill,
8/26/15]
Newsmax
:
“A
plan
by
the
Protection
Division
to
maneuver
Guantanamo
detainees
to
prisons
on
U.S.
soil
is
towards
the
regulation
and
harmful
to
Americans,
says
Sen.
Tim
Scott…
The
Naval
Consolidated
Brig
in
Charleston,
S.C.,
is
likely
one
of
the
army
amenities
being
thought-about
to
take
the
prisoners
taken
within
the
conflict
on
terror
as
President
Barack
Obama
makes
an
attempt
to
satisfy
his
pledge
to
shut
the
jail
on
the
U.S.
army
base
at
Guantanamo
Bay,
Cuba.”
[Times
Staff,
“Sen.
Tim
Scott:
Bringing
Gitmo
Prisoners
to
US
Soil
Puts
Lives
in
Danger,”
Newsmax,
8/26/15]
Los
Angeles
Times:
“Senior
lawmakers
in
Kansas
and
South
Carolina
remain
fiercely
opposed
to
relocating
detainees
to
their
states,
however,
and
opposition
in
the
Republican-led
Congress
appears
overwhelming...Opponents
argue
that
no
U.S.
facility
is
as
secure
as
the
offshore
site
in
Cuba. ”
[W.J.
Hennigan,
“Pentagon
is
on
the
hunt
in
U.S.
for
Guantanamo
replacement,”
Los
Angeles
Times,
8/18/15]
Senator
Scott
has
also
written
an
editorial
for
Post
&
Courier
and
an
op-ed
for
the
Wall
Street
Journal,
which
he
co-authored
with
Senator
Pat
Roberts
(R-KS).
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