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by Obama Pundit
Obama on the idea of transferring hundreds of terrorists to American prisons, Thursday, May 21:
Where demanded by justice and national security, we will seek to transfer some detainees to the same type of facilities in which we hold all manner of dangerous and violent criminals within our borders – highly secure prisons that ensure the public safety. As we make these decisions, bear in mind the following fact: nobody has ever escaped from one of our federal “supermax” prisons, which hold hundreds of convicted terrorists.
The reality of the situation, also on Thursday, May 21: NYC terror plot foiled. The plotters were radicalized in prison.
Amid all the shocking details in the disrupted plot to bomb Bronx synagogues and fire missiles at American military aircraft, one component of the case should come as no surprise – three of the alleged culprits converted to radical Islam in prison.
Radical Islamists have targeted prison populations for recruitment for years. That’s where Jose Padilla, suspected of plotting to detonate a dirty bomb and convicted of conspiracy to murder people overseas and of providing material support to terrorists, converted and was radicalized.
So, the danger regarding these terrorists isn’t solely whether they will escape or not, but also their potential to radicalize other prisoners in the system. This is something Obama did not address in his speech and it would be helpful to the ongoing debate if he would do so at some point.
Can Obama pledge that none of the terrorists transferred to American prisons will have exposure to the general prison population? I’m sure that they are not going to be kept in isolation–that would be akin to torture, wouldn’t it?
The last thing we want to do is help radical Islamists create a viable terror organization within our prison system through which they can plot further attacks.
Further, I’m not sure why it is okay to lock terror suspects up indefinitely in the United States, while it is somehow against our values to do the same thing in a prison on an American base at Gitmo (one which was called ‘humane’ by the Obama Administration’s own review). Unless, of course, Obama plans on releasing these prisoners at some point, which begs the question: Into which country will they be released?
Will Obama pledge to never release these terror suspects into the United States? Details, please…
