Send Scooter to Guantánamo - the best idea I've heard in a long time

it makes elegant sense, doesn't it...?

Send Scooter Libby to Guantánamo -- Or Shut It Down

There's A Special Place for Those Who Endanger our National Security...

Scooter Libby participated in "outing" a covert CIA operative and was convicted of lying about it. The Senate should call for him to serve his time in Guantánamo -- or they should shut it down forever.

Today a judge ruled that Scooter Libby must begin serving his prison sentence while his appeals are being heard. Libby, of course, participated in the outing of covert CIA operative Valerie Plame -- thus endangering our national security -- and was convicted and sentenced to thirty months in jail for perjury and obstruction of justice.

Well, we have a special suggestion. Why shouldn't Scooter Libby serve his sentence at the Guantánamo Bay prison? After all, the Bush Administration asserts that things are just fine there, and Libby -- unlike many at Guantánamo -- has in fact been convicted of a crime that endangered our national security.

Let's ALL tell the Senate to send Libby to Guantánamo -- or shut down the 'American gulag' for good.

Many conservatives would argue that conditions at Guantánamo just wouldn't be right for Libby. If that's the case, why the double standard? Why not shut it down and give the prisoners there access to a fair trial in our judicial system?

When it's clear that the U.S. is responsible for the torture and abuse of prisoners -- including many who have been detained for years without being charged with any crime -- our standing in the world community is irreparably harmed. If it's not good enough for Libby, it ought to be shut down.

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what a terrific idea...! wish i'd thought of it...!

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