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thinkprogress.org - 5/19/2009

Reid: Guantanamo Detainees Should Not Be Held In U.S. Prisons

— thinkprogress.org — Today, Senate Democrats announced that the Senate will strip $80 million in funding for closing Guantanamo until... the Obama administration devises a specific plan for transferring detainees. The move comes after conservatives have been heavily pushing ... (more) Reid: Guantanamo Detainees Should Not Be Held In U.S. ...

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rollcall.com - 5/13/2009

Reid: Johnsen Doesn't Have Votes for DOJ Post

— rollcall.com — As Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) moves to ease a backlog of executive branch nominations, he... suggested on Tuesday that he does not have the votes to bring up President Barack Obama's pick to run the Department of Justice's Office of Legal ... (more) Reid: Johnsen Doesn't Have Votes for DOJ Post

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foxnews.com - 5/19/2009

Reid Botches Three Statements in One Appearance - Presidential Politics | Political News

— foxnews.com — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid became the latest Democrat to stray into rhetorical trouble Tuesday, botching statements... on three subjects in one news conference -- including the fragile health of the chamber's most senior members. The Nevada ... (more) Reid Botches Three Statements in One Appearance - ...

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Reid: Keep Gitmo Detainees Out of the U.S.
Weekly Standard Blog — ... Earlier today Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said at a news conference that he doesn't want any Gitmo detainees held in prisons in the United States. CQ has the transcript: ...

HuffPost Now Doing PR for Club Gitmo Guests
JammieWearingFool — ... works with the Uighurs' defense attorneys, but said that her comments to the Huffington Post were not intended as advocacy on their behalf . The Uighurs call relatives in the United States and Europe often , she says, so stay up on the news. They were surprised to hear the accusation from the former Speaker of the House. I guess Gingrich isn't entitled to his opinion. Meanwhile, it's apparently escaped noticed of the esteemed journalists at the HuffPost that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid also doesn't want these people on our soil. QUESTION: If the United States -- if ...

Hullabaloo — ... Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) declared in a press conference today, “We will never allow terrorists to be released into the United States.” In several tense back and forths with reporters, Reid said he opposes imprisoning detainees on U.S. soil, saying flatly, “We don’t want them around the United States”: ...

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Obsidian Wings — ... by hilzoy Oh, and Harry Reid? Try showing some courage. Try leadership. You never know; it just might suit you. This certainly doesn't: "QUESTION: If the United States -- if the United States thinks that these people should be held, why ...

Coward
Political Animal — Coward Oh, and Harry Reid? Try showing some courage. Try leadership. You never know; it just might suit you. This certainly doesn't: "QUESTION: If the United States -- if the United States thinks that these people should be held, why shouldn't they be held in the United States? Why shouldn't the U.S. take those risks, the attendant risk of holding them, since it's the one that says they should be held? REID: I think there's a general feeling, as I've already said, that the American people, and certainly the Senate, overwhelmingly doesn't want terrorists to be released in the ...

Every once in awhile I do need reminding that my party sucks, too
pandagon.net - we are the public option — by Auguste Senator Macropod prepares to bend Democrats to his will yet again As so often happens, Harry Reid is my reminder: President Barack Obama’s promise to close the Guantanamo Bay prison suffered a blow Tuesday when his allies in the Senate said they would refuse to finance the move until the administration delivers a satisfactory plan for what to do with the detainees there...While allies such as No. 2 Senate Democrat Dick Durbin of Illinois cast the development as a delay of only a few months, other Democrats have made it plain they don’t want any of Guantanamo’s ...

The Only Monopoly that Matters
Once Upon a Time... — ... are terrorists, because we say so! Why would they be in prison if they weren't terrorists? Hah! Didn't think of that, did you, you piece of scum!" "Oh, thank you, sir," sez I. "Sorry, sorry, sorry. I forgot. Thank you, sir! Harder, sir! I deserve it!" grovel grovel grovel), and -- o, wondrous mysteries of life! -- the endlessly baffling epistemological and linguistic complexities raised by transferring a "terrorist" ("Oh, thank you, sir. That was a good one!") from one prison to another: ...