Attorney General Eric Holder tried to reassure worried lawmakers Thursday that no Guantanamo Bay detainees thought to be terrorists will be released into the United States.
Holder testified at a Senate hearing on the Obama administration's budget for the Justice Department.
"We don't have any plans to release terrorists," said Holder.
But he also said some of the Guantanamo Bay detainees will be released, indicating the Obama administration believes some of those held there are not terrorists.
From the very beginning of the hearing, he faced questions about his plans for closing the Guantanamo Bay detention center. President Obama has ordered the center closed by January 2010.
Republicans critical of Obama's plan claim Guantanamo detainees cannot legally be brought to the U.S. because federal law bars entry to anyone who has received terrorist training.
Sen. Richard Shelby, a Republican, pressed Holder to say whether he believed he had the authority to release someone with terrorist training into the U.S.
The attorney general did not directly answer Shelby's question, but said the government does not have any plans to release terrorists.
"With regard to those who you would describe as terrorists, we would not bring them into this country and release them, anyone we would consider to be a terrorist," Holder said.
He added the government has no plans to release anyone considered a terrorist in a foreign country, either.
Last week in Europe, Holder said about 30 Guantanamo detainees have been approved for release. He has been asking European countries to take some of them, but that may be difficult if the U.S. does not also take some. - FOX News Story
I am sure that they are being held at Gitmo because they are fun loving nice people. Give me a break. They are bad people, that is why they are in Prison. Wake up.
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