Posted by Gary Howard on 11/05/09 11:03 AM [Newer: Press Release: Update on Audit the Fed , Legislation Stripped of Substance] [Older: GDP goes up, means good times--Not so fast]

Today, the Constitution Project will issue the release of Beyond Guantanamo: A Bipartisan Declaration. The declaration comes from the largest bipartisan group of prominent Americans to propose a plan for closing the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, and includes John Tate and Campaign for Liberty as a signatory.

The declaration supports a single scheme for the disposition of cases of current and future detainees. It includes former members of Congress, diplomats, federal judges and prosecutors, high-level military and government officials, as well as national security experts.

Here is an excerpt from the declaration:

We, the undersigned, urge Congress and the President to support a policy for detention, treatment and trial of suspected terrorists that is consistent with U.S. treaty obligations and constitutional principles. As it moves to close Guantanamo and develop policies for handling terrorism suspects going forward, the government should rely upon our established, traditional system of justice. We are confident that the government can preserve national security without resorting to sweeping and radical departures from an American constitutional tradition that has served us effectively for over two centuries.

Posted 11/06/09 05:21 AM Son Of Liberty Erie, PA

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