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Posted: February 2, 2009

Burr blogs about visit to Guantanamo

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Sen. Richard Burr

RALEIGH, N.C. — A visit to the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay Monday failed to convince Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., that the facility should be closed.

Burr traveled to Cuba with three other Republican senators to get a first-hand assessment of the site in response to President Barack Obama's executive order to close the detention facility within one year.

In a post on his blog, Burr praised the "professionalism and dedication" of those who work there. He wrote," Instead of focusing on closing the facility at Guantanamo Bay, we need to think long and hard about where we can hold some of these very hardened and dangerous individuals, many of whom could never be incarcerated in the United States."

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Put these guys through the legal system and stop dragging foot.
Click to view my profile cadetsfan
February 3, 2009 10:51 a.m.
I think that Mr. Burr is just like Libby Dole was an that is he is more instrested in just promoting his own personnal agenda than he is worried about what is good for or best for the citizens of north carolina thank you
pbjbeach
February 3, 2009 8:48 a.m.
Since the closing of Gitmo is being done via executive order, is this trip just a waste of money or can they overturn the order?
Click to view my profile joco cruiser
February 3, 2009 8:22 a.m.
Alright lets overcrowd our prisons even more and maybe instead of drug dealers sentences being shorten or just going straight to probation as it is now we'll let the murders go free as well after severing a fraction of their prison sentence so that we can hold the terrorist in prison here. We have little room in our maximum security prisons as it is. Maybe we should just use even more tax money to build facilities to hold terrorist in the U.S.
Click to view my profile ImaBee
February 3, 2009 8:00 a.m.
Miranda rights do not have to be read in order for you to be charged with a crime..this is a common misunderstanding.

These men have a right to a trial. As you say, they are terrorists, and therefore they will be found guilty. They will spend the rest of their lives in prison. We will be taking the moral high road by proving they are guilty, therby justifying why we are holding them forever.
scientistjo
February 2, 2009 9:11 p.m.
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