In this file photo reviewed by the U.S. Military, Guantanamo detainees pray before dawn in the Camp 4 detention facility on the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The Camp Pendleton Marine Base in southern California tops the list of military facilities the Joint Chiefs of Staff have recommended for a new prison to house the 250 detainees currently being held at the US Navy base in Guantanamo Bay, US military officials tell ABCNews.com. (Brennan Linsley/AP Photo)From ABC News:
Pendleton, Leavenworth, Miramar Included as Possible New Home for 250 Detainees.
The U.S. military has prepared a list of U.S. military bases that could be used to house as many as 250 detainees currently being held at the U.S. Naval base in Guantanamo Bay, military officials tell ABCNews.com.
The list -- which includes Camp Pendleton in California, Fort Leavenworth in Kansas; the Marine Air Station in Miramar, California; and the U.S. Naval Consolidated Brig in South Carolina -- has been circulated in a classified brief to members of Congress and was prepared by the Pentagon's Joint Staff.
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My Comment: The more I think about this .... the more I realize that even though President Obama will issue a decree within a week of his inauguration for the closing of Guantanamo .... nothing is going to change. The legal complications and problems of transferring these prisoners will delay any attempt to move them .... a these are problems that President Obama will not need at the beginning of his Presidency.
