Pentagon officials are visiting the consolidated Naval Brig in Charleston, S.C., this week to determine its suitability to be converted into a facility to house dangerous terrorists currently locked up at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
The officials are seeking a facility to house approximately 50 Gitmo detainees who are apparently too dangerous to be transferred anywhere elseThe assessment, and those of other sites, is part of the process to develop a plan to close Gitmo that Congress requested from the Pentagon.
The visit follows one made to a military prison at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas.
Republican state leaders and lawmakers oppose the president’s plan to relocate suspected terrorists in their states.
Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) has started a petition against such transfers and has co-authored an op-ed with Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) against any potential transfers.
Scott also attended the Charleston visit and plans to travel to the Guantánamo Bay detention facility later this fall.Send this to a friend