[Peace-discuss] Durbin: no need for Gitmo when we can just drone 'em

[Carl G. Estabrook]

"US government argues drone strikes are above the law"

<http://www.salon.com/2013/07/26/government_argues_drone_strikes_are_above_the_law/>


On Jul 29, 2013, at 8:03 PM, Robert Naiman <naiman at justforeignpolicy.org> wrote:

> [...]
> Durbin, meanwhile, suggested that there was no need to worry about releasing Guantanamo detainees, because the U.S. could always kill them using drones if necessary – as happened earlier this year with Saeed al-Shihri, a top operative in al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. It was an unintentionally revealing statement that gave credence to human rights advocates' belief that Obama and his Congressional allies favor killing terror suspects over detaining them.
> [...]
> 
> - "Senate Looks At Closing Guantanamo, But Will It Really Happen?"
> http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/senate-looks-at-closing-guantanamo-but-will-it-really-happen-20130725

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