[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 82 (Thursday, May 17, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H5338]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             GUANTANAMO BAY

  (Mr. MORAN of Virginia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. MORAN of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I would like to address America's 
legal black hole, known as Guantanamo Bay.
  The administration would like us to believe that the 15 prisoners 
that were very recently sent to Guantanamo are typical of the other 772 
that have been sent there over the last 4\1/2\ years. Many of them are 
still languishing 4\1/2\ years later, even though only four of those 
772 have ever been charged with a crime. In fact, only 8 percent are 
alleged to have ever acted as a ``fighter'' against the United States. 
Only 5 percent were actually captured by American forces. The vast 
majority were turned in for bounties by Pakistani or other northern 
alliance Afghan forces.
  That is why, Mr. Speaker, we need to shine the light of the law on 
this situation, to ask the administration what are they going to do 
about people who are being illegally detained there without charges and 
with no plans as to how to fix this situation, which continues to 
undermine America's reputation and credibility throughout the world.

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