U.S. Rep. David Price, D-NC, said on Bill LuMaye’s show on WPTF today that no one should be concerned if Gitmo detainee terrorist suspects end up in U.S. prisons. That happens to be the same position of California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein.
I don’t have a transcript of Price’s comments, but from reading Feinstein’s view, it seems that a list of talking points is making the rounds of liberal Dems on the Hill. Price made precisely the same points on WPTF today:
Voicing one of the most detailed cases to date on why U.S. communities would be safe should the Obama administration decide to move detainees ashore, Feinstein outlined her argument while on the Senate floor Wednesday like a lawyer in a courtroom. She first cited Supreme Court cases, then took on each of three categories of detainees at Gitmo and then highlighted American “supermax” prisons which currently house convicted terrorists.
Feinstein, who often wades into divisive issues with a calm demeanor, was one of the first members of Congress to call for closing the island prison. She did so in 2007, setting a one-year timeline for the closure through an amendment to a defense bill. That amendment was never given a vote by Democrats, who controlled the chamber then.
Her argument is that the federal prison system is currently housing a number of convicted terrorists and none have escaped.
