February 5, 2009 12:01 AM
Anywhere But Here
Rep. Doug Lamborn, finger firmly in the wind, is sponsoring a bill to prevent Guantanamo detainees from being sent to the Supermax facility in Florence. He has an ally in Democratic Rep. Salazar, who echoes Lamborn's fear of placing military prisoners in federal prisons. Who, exactly, do these two gentlemen think is already housed in Supermax? The list includes some of the most dangerous criminals in the world. If the fear is that Supermax becomes a Qaida target, there are already a dozen or more al Qaida-linked terrorists serving time in Florence. If the worry is that the Guantanamo detainees will recruit other inmates, the roster of prisoners includes plenty of folks who already hate America, including the Unabomber, abortion clinic and Atlanta Olympics bomber Eric Rudolph and Oklahoma City bomber Terry Nichols, not to mention the aforementioned jihadists. Supermax was built expressly to house these folks. I'd sleep much better knowing they were securely housed there than released to other countries for safekeeping.
