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SEC.
OF
DEFENSE
ASH
CARTER: “[T]here
are
people
in
Gitmo
who
are
so
dangerous
that
we
cannot
transfer
them
to
the
custody
of
another
government
no
matter
how
much
we
trust
that
government.
I
can't
assure
the
president
that
it
would
be
safe
to
do
that.
...
We're
not
going
to
be
able
to
close
Gitmo
by
magically
making
safe
everybody
who's
in
there.” (CNN’s
“Fareed
Zakaria
GPS,”
1/24/16)
- GTMO
Detainee: “...
to
the
American
be
patient,
your
days
is
coming,
one
day
we
going
to
slaughter
you behind
the
tree.” [Detainee
leading
the
rest
of
his
cell
block
singing]. (Department
Of
Defense
Briefing,
June
2006)
- GTMO
Detainee: “Their
day
is
coming.
One
day
I
will
enjoy
sucking
their
blood,
although
their
blood
is
bitter,
undrinkable…” (Joint
Task
Force
GTMO,
“JTF-GTMO
Information
On
Detainees,”
P.5,
04/04/05)
“…if
Obama
goes
it
alone,
he
would
do
so
in
defiance
of
laws
passed
by
Congress
that
explicitly
bar
him
from
transferring
Guantánamo
detainees
into
the
country.
…the
executive
action
would
violate
the
letter
of
the
law just
like
the
controversial
deal
for
Sgt.
Bowe
Bergdahl,
which
involved
Obama
releasing
five
detainees
from
Guantánamo.
The
Government
Accountability
Office
(GAO)
later
found
that
Obama
broke
the
law
by
not
informing
lawmakers
of
that
transfer
30
days
in
advance.” (“Obama
May
Reach
The
Limit
Of
His
Powers
On
Guantánamo,” The
Hill,
11/13/15)
SEC.
OF
DEFENSE
ASH
CARTER: “So
if
we're
going
to
close
Gitmo
...
We
need
to
find
another
place.
That
would
have
to
be
in
the
United
States. ...
I've
made
a
proposal
for
the
president
and
he
has
indicated
that
he's
going
to
submit
that
to
the
Congress.
Why
is
that?
Because it's
against
the
law
now
to
establish
another
detention
facility.” (CNN’s
“Fareed
Zakaria
GPS,”
1/24/16)
LT.
GENERAL
WILLIAM
MAYVILLE
JR.,
Director
Of
The
Joint
Chiefs
Of
Staff: ‘The
Joint
Staff
will
not
take
any
action
contrary
to
those
restrictions’
in
law. “Lt.
General
William
Mayville
Jr.,
the
director
of
the
Joint
Chiefs
of
Staff…
writes:
‘Current
law
prohibits
the
use
of
funds
to
'transfer,
release
or
assist
in
the
transfer
or
release'
of
detainees
of
Guantanamo
Bay
to
or
within
the
United
States,
and
prohibits
the
construction,
modification
or
acquisition
of
any
facility
within
the
United
States
to
house
any
Guantanamo
detainee.
The
Joint
Staff
will
not
take
any
action
contrary
to
those
restrictions.’” (“Military
Tells
Congress
It
Can't
Send
Gitmo
Detainees
To
U.S.,” Bloomberg,
2/16/16)
ATTORNEY
GENERAL
LORETTA
LYNCH: “At
this
point
in
time,
I
believe
the
current
state
of
the
law
is
that
individuals
are
not
transferred
from
Guantanamo
to
U.S.
shores. That
position
is
reiterated
by
the
legislation
that
you
mentioned, and
my
understanding
is,
as
you
indicated,
is
that
I
do
believe
the
president
has
indicated
that
he
would
sign
that. Certainly
it
is
the
position
of
the
Department
of
Justice
that
we
would
follow
the
law
of
the
land
in
regard
to
that
issue.” (U.S
House
Of
Representatives,
Committee
On
Judiciary,
11/17/15,
Minute
44:30)
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