The French Defend Guantanamo Bay's Detention Facility
Yes, dear readers, you read that correctly. In a Reuters report on Yahoo News, the French have put themselves in a contentious place by defending the facility that is spit on by the Left in this nation:
(Hat-Tip: Captain Ed Morrissey)
France has defended visits by officials to a U.S. military camp at Cuba's Guantanamo Bay between 2002 and 2004 following a report which has thrown a terrorism trial into turmoil.
Responding to the report that French intelligence agents had interviewed six men on trial in France for links with a network plotting terrorist attacks while they were held at Guantanamo, the French Foreign Ministry said it had made no secret of three visits to the camp between 2002-2004.
"These missions, which were of an administrative nature, were aimed at identifying precisely French citizens who might have been at Guantanamo and at assessing their situation in a general manner," it said in a statement dated Wednesday.
It added that the aim was also to gather information needed to allow France to prevent terrorism and that representatives of other government officials had taken part in these missions to help achieve both these goals.
The Liberation daily on Wednesday published a French diplomatic telegram referring to intelligence agents conducting interviews at least twice while the men were held without charge on the Caribbean island.
A top French court has already ruled that the detention of suspects in the U.S. naval base was illegal, and defense lawyers said the prosecution's case was based in large part on information gleaned from the secret interviews.
The failure to include the interviews in the case file was a serious breach of defendants' rights which could later see a superior court rule the trial invalid, the lawyers told reporters.
Presiding Judge Jean-Claude Kross has refused to halt the 3-day-old trial over a document whose authenticity had not been fully established. He said he would take a view on the issue at the end of the trial, which is expected to last until mid-July.
What is disturbing about this report is the fact that the courts in France are throwing a tizzy over their citizens being held without any charges filed despite the fact that they were found preparing to launch a terrorist attack. Caught, and shipped off to Gitmo, French intelligence was able to get the information out of them that they needed. But the courts are all worked up over this. I see no problem with what France did, and I see no problem with them sending their animals to us for detention. When we have the means to do this, why not utilize it to its fullest potential?
We do not want these people running amuck. They cannot simply be "cut loose." They will run and hide, and they will plot their next move. Whether that is an actual terrorist attack, or arriving back on the battlefield. The "legal eagles" (Lord, I hate that saying) both here and abroad are almost as bad as the MSM. They say that they care about what might happen should these animals be released, but they are doing their best to let them go.
The MSM, on the other hand, tries to spin their recent revelations regarding classified programs used by the United States to defeat our enemies. They have proclaimed it was in the "public's interest" to know about these programs. Then, they proclaimed the programs were not really "secret" to begin with and that "thousands" knew about them. Now, they seem to be focusing on the fact that we--those upset with these sorts of revelations--are perpetuating this by talking about it. I did not know that voicing an opinion about a fact was equivalent to the MSM outlets that revealed the programs to begin with. It is a commendable effort to silence detractors, but wholly inaccurate and intellectually dishonest.
The French see Gitmo as a necessity int his war. And they are not the only ones. We have several diplomats on record, including those from Germany, Belgium, and Great Britain, that are quite happy with how we are handling those caught in this war. The Belgium delegation that journeyed to Gitmo proclaimed that there was nothing improper or out-of-the-ordinary with the interrogations conducted, or the treatment these prisoners are receiving. In fact, they commended our efforts there, and the temperment of the guards.
Our detractors may dislike having Guantanamo up and running, but the world's general opinion on the detention facility is that this is a good thing. The president might want to keep that in mind when he states that he would like to close the facility down. The Guantanamo facility gives us an edge over our enemies to ensure that they stay put and out of our hair while we prosecute this war. The French are thankful for it.
Marcie
Yes, dear readers, you read that correctly. In a Reuters report on Yahoo News, the French have put themselves in a contentious place by defending the facility that is spit on by the Left in this nation:
(Hat-Tip: Captain Ed Morrissey)
France has defended visits by officials to a U.S. military camp at Cuba's Guantanamo Bay between 2002 and 2004 following a report which has thrown a terrorism trial into turmoil.
Responding to the report that French intelligence agents had interviewed six men on trial in France for links with a network plotting terrorist attacks while they were held at Guantanamo, the French Foreign Ministry said it had made no secret of three visits to the camp between 2002-2004.
"These missions, which were of an administrative nature, were aimed at identifying precisely French citizens who might have been at Guantanamo and at assessing their situation in a general manner," it said in a statement dated Wednesday.
It added that the aim was also to gather information needed to allow France to prevent terrorism and that representatives of other government officials had taken part in these missions to help achieve both these goals.
The Liberation daily on Wednesday published a French diplomatic telegram referring to intelligence agents conducting interviews at least twice while the men were held without charge on the Caribbean island.
A top French court has already ruled that the detention of suspects in the U.S. naval base was illegal, and defense lawyers said the prosecution's case was based in large part on information gleaned from the secret interviews.
The failure to include the interviews in the case file was a serious breach of defendants' rights which could later see a superior court rule the trial invalid, the lawyers told reporters.
Presiding Judge Jean-Claude Kross has refused to halt the 3-day-old trial over a document whose authenticity had not been fully established. He said he would take a view on the issue at the end of the trial, which is expected to last until mid-July.
What is disturbing about this report is the fact that the courts in France are throwing a tizzy over their citizens being held without any charges filed despite the fact that they were found preparing to launch a terrorist attack. Caught, and shipped off to Gitmo, French intelligence was able to get the information out of them that they needed. But the courts are all worked up over this. I see no problem with what France did, and I see no problem with them sending their animals to us for detention. When we have the means to do this, why not utilize it to its fullest potential?
We do not want these people running amuck. They cannot simply be "cut loose." They will run and hide, and they will plot their next move. Whether that is an actual terrorist attack, or arriving back on the battlefield. The "legal eagles" (Lord, I hate that saying) both here and abroad are almost as bad as the MSM. They say that they care about what might happen should these animals be released, but they are doing their best to let them go.
The MSM, on the other hand, tries to spin their recent revelations regarding classified programs used by the United States to defeat our enemies. They have proclaimed it was in the "public's interest" to know about these programs. Then, they proclaimed the programs were not really "secret" to begin with and that "thousands" knew about them. Now, they seem to be focusing on the fact that we--those upset with these sorts of revelations--are perpetuating this by talking about it. I did not know that voicing an opinion about a fact was equivalent to the MSM outlets that revealed the programs to begin with. It is a commendable effort to silence detractors, but wholly inaccurate and intellectually dishonest.
The French see Gitmo as a necessity int his war. And they are not the only ones. We have several diplomats on record, including those from Germany, Belgium, and Great Britain, that are quite happy with how we are handling those caught in this war. The Belgium delegation that journeyed to Gitmo proclaimed that there was nothing improper or out-of-the-ordinary with the interrogations conducted, or the treatment these prisoners are receiving. In fact, they commended our efforts there, and the temperment of the guards.
Our detractors may dislike having Guantanamo up and running, but the world's general opinion on the detention facility is that this is a good thing. The president might want to keep that in mind when he states that he would like to close the facility down. The Guantanamo facility gives us an edge over our enemies to ensure that they stay put and out of our hair while we prosecute this war. The French are thankful for it.
Marcie
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