[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 15 (Tuesday, February 2, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H451]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                TRY KHALID SHEIKH MOHAMMED IN GUANTANAMO

  (Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California asked and was given permission 
to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his 
remarks.)
  Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California. Mr. Speaker, the administration 
made a tragic mistake when it decided to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and 
his confederates in a civilian courtroom in New York City. We now find 
that they realize there's been a mistake, but we don't know where 
they're going to go next. I'll give them a clue: If you didn't have 
Guantanamo Bay, you'd have to build it. That's the place he should 
remain. That's the place he should be tried. We should resume the 
military tribunals where he and his confederates had already indicated 
they wanted to plead guilty. We should forget this nonsense about 
bringing them to civilian courts in the United States. If it's too 
dangerous for New York, if it doesn't make sense for New York, it 
doesn't make sense for anywhere in the sovereign territory of the 
United States. Guantanamo is the perfect place for them to remain.
  Do not close Guantanamo. Keep them there. Try them there. Give them 
their meeting with justice there as well.
  Mr. Speaker, they're not attacking us because of Guantanamo Bay. 
They're attacking us because of the Statue of Liberty.

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