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Top GOPers request Gitmo closure details from president
House Republican leaders on Wednesday pressed the Obama administration to explain how it will handle and monitor detainees once the White House shutters its Guantanamo Bay prison.
In a letter to the president, the ranking members of the House committees that would likely oversee the move asked Obama to offer them the same answers about its post-Gitmo anti-terrorism policy that it has reportedly already given to "foreign governments, liberal advocacy organizations, and local officials," they wrote.
"Throughout this year a bipartisan majority in Congress has listened to the American people and voted against importing these dangerous terrorists into the United States," they added, signaling their opposition to the move.
Specially, the seven Republican lawmakers requested the Obama administration detail how it will determine where to place detainees, who it will consult for advice and how it can ensure their successful prosecution.
The GOPers also asked the president to guarantee those efforts will not lose the country "critical intelligence," and to clarify what the United States will do with the detainees once they complete their prison sentences.
"What America deserves is a real strategy for fighting and winning the war on America's terrorist enemies that includes an effective, credible and consistent plan for all terrorist detainees," the lawmakers added.
Wednesday's letter accompanies another GOP effort on the Gitmo front: A bill that would require Congress receive notification 60 days before the federal government releases or transfers one of its detainees.
The effort, sponsored by House Republican Leader John Boehner and more than 160 other party members, has been stuck in committee since May.
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