Senator Brogdon Files Concurrent Resolution to Keep Gitmo Terrorists Out of Oklahoma

Sen. Randy Brogdon has authored a measure to block any efforts to relocate prisoners from the terrorist prison at Guantanamo Bay to Oklahoma.

That’s after President Barack Obama signed an executive order to close the prison within a year. Brogdon said previous locations considered for inmates have included Fort Sill in southwestern Oklahoma. He said it is critical for the State Legislature to back efforts by Oklahoma’s Congressional delegation to stop that from happening.

“Oklahoma lives have already been lost as a result of terrorism with the 1995 bombing of the Murrah building. Bringing in these criminals who helped mastermind 9/11 could make us a target for future terrorist attacks,” said Brogdon, R-Owasso. “Under no circumstances should they be brought here.”

Brogdon’s measure, Senate Current Resolution 4, calls for Congress to block any efforts to bring Gitmo prisoners to Fort Sill or any other new or existing location within the State of Oklahoma.

“These are individuals who remain a threat to our nation and to the freedoms we enjoy. I am outraged that anyone would even consider bringing them to Oklahoma,” Brogdon said. “I will do everything in my power to make sure that never happens.”

Fallin files bill to keep Gitmo detainees out of Oklahoma

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.