U.S. Rep. Mary Fallin (R OK-5) introduced a bill Tuesday designed to bar the transfer of Guantanamo Bay detainees to Oklahoma.Fallin filed her bill in response to President Obama’s order to shut down the detention center within a year.
A list put together two years ago of potential transfer sites for those now being held at Guantanamo included Fort Sill. Critics of Obama’s decision fear that 2007 list could be revived.
“Guantanamo Bay holds some of world’s most dangerous criminals, including Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks,’’ said Fallin, adding that holding such terrorists in a secure offshore location makes good sense.
“Granting mass murderers the kind of rights they would be afforded on American soil is as wrongheaded as it is dangerous, and I will continue to oppose any plans to move these men into the United States.”
She said her legislation would bar use of federal funds to transfer detainees to Oklahoma.
Her legislation is co-sponsored by the other four Oklahomans in the House: Republican Reps. John Sullivan, Frank Lucas and Tom Cole and Democratic Rep. Dan Boren.
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