Should the government use GTMO for refugees in the future?
Your Answers
34% Yes
66% No

yes Yes, we need a place to put evil and make evil tell us its plans so good and stop it.

Steven Molloy, Villa Hills , KY

no it has been used too many times before to no good end

Submitted by SMS

yes Although I would prefer not, since my family was evacuated during the Haitian refugee situation, I do see the need for a place off shore for holding and processing refugees so as not to overrun the country. And you people who were never there have NO idea how well the refugees had/have it!!!

Karen Usiak, Bealeton, VA

no are more human methods of handling incarceration or criminals in the system

Submitted by SMS

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This Week in Guantánamo: 2015 and 2007

February 19, 2015: Former GTMO detainee David Hicks wins a legal challenge against a conviction of providing material support for terrorism. His ‘guilty’ finding is dismissed. Hicks describes ongoing medical problems as a result of his time at GTMO.

March 30, 2007: David Hicks becomes the first GTMO War on Terror detainee to be convicted. He is sentenced to 9 months in jail, to be served in his home country of Australia.