Holder Dodges On Panetta Talk Of Guantanamo For Bin Laden -- Politico
Attorney General Eric Holder is declining to endorse Central Intelligence Agency Director Leon Panetta's remark Wednesday that Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden would likely be taken to Guantanamo Bay if he were captured.
"Our goal is to kill or to capture Osama bin Laden," Holder said in response to a reporter's question during a news called to discuss health care fraud prosecutions. "If he were to be captured, we would--the national security team would get together and would determine where appropriately he would be held."
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My Comment: Also throw in what Secretary of Defense Gates said today .... Prospects For Closing The Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp Are "Very, Very Low" .... there is not much that Attorney General Eric Holder can say in response. The fact is that after criticizing and condemning (for years) the Bush administration's approach to detaining Al Qaeda terrorists .... they have adopted his policy hook, line, and sinker.