03/07/2006
WASHINGTON, July 2 (UPI) -- The Bush administration faces a dilemma over where to place inmates from the Guantanamo Bay prison if the facility closes, The Washington Post said Sunday.
In the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court decision to stop using military commissions to try Guantanamo detainees, officials including President Bush are calling for the closing of the facility. However, no clear plan exists yet for the transfer or rehousing of the detainees. The Bush administration does not want the men transferred to U.S. soil, citing security concerns, the Post said. Among the options being discussed by officials are deportation for trial in the detainee's home country, construction of a brand new prison facility and a mass trial of up to 25 detainees at one time, the Post said. About 450 terror suspects are still being detained at the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Approximately 100 of those men are considered to be too high a threat to society to ever be released, the Post said.
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