by KYW's Mark Abrams
A University of Pennsylvania law professor says the Obama administration's intention to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center (see related story) is a key step in restoring America's standing in the world, but it poses some unique problems.
"We've got evidence against them that we think is pretty good, maybe, but we obtained it by torture."
And that, says Dr. Kermit Roosevelt (right), is the problem in taking some of the hardcore terrorists being held at Guantanamo Bay and bringing them into the United States for trial:
"Are we going to try to create some new system to try these people? Or, are we going to let the military commissions that the Bush administration was using go ahead? Or, maybe are we going to say, well, we can't try them but we think they're too dangerous to release, and come up with some third option?"
Roosevelt says closing Gitmo is long overdue because it served as a powerful recruiting tool for our enemies. He says he's confident that President Obama's blue-ribbon commission to explore options for the Gitmo prisoners will craft a workable plan.
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(Photo #2 from Univ. of Pa.)
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