The US is looking for other locations to house Guantanimo Bay detainees because of the presidential decree that the prison will be closed in 2010. The closing of this facility will do a lot to erase bad memories associated with GITMO so in that sense it is a good thing.
Two of the locations under consideration are the prison located in Standish Michigan and the Federal prison located at Leavenworth Kansas. The State prison in Michigan is in an area which is financially depressed so the additional influx may help the economy by adding the requirement to add additional prison personnel. There are about 229 detainees which will have to be housed so the number is not large so it couldn’t be that much of a help but a little bit is better than nothing at all.
One of the biggest concerns of relocating the detainees to the continental US is that it will make the new location a terrorist target. I think that this is a legitimate concern because there is no telling how many terrorist cells are in operation in the United States. We definitely don’t want to give any extra reasons for attacks, but on the other hand they don’t really need a reason so it dosen’t matter. Take these thoughts from the Military Ring man for what they are.
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