AG Holder: 50 or more Gitmo trials possible + bonus VIDEO

By GottaLaff



The video is of A.G. Holder reminding Sessions who's boss.

Moving on:

Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday there may be 50 or more trials of Guantanamo Bay detainees as the Obama administration works to shut the detention center by early next year.

Does that include Fayiz al-Kandari, who's been locked up for nearly 8 years?

Holder told senators protecting Americans from terrorists is his top priority.

Dear A.G. Holder, Please make releasing those who do not threaten Americans a priority, too. Love, Laffy.

Under questioning from Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., Holder outlined efforts to close Guantanamo. [...]

Graham said he expected about one-quarter or fewer of the inmates to be brought to civilian or military trial. Holder said he thought that figure was "about right."

Holder did not commit to any specific figure and said authorities have only worked through about half the detainee cases so far. [...]

Several of the lawyers representing detainees have previously estimated about two dozen might end up on trial.

If the 25 percent figure were to hold, it would mean about 56 detainees would face a trial of some kind by U.S. authorities. A separate group of detainees would be sent to foreign countries; a third group, the most difficult, would not be released or put on trial.

Holder said officials were discussing how to handle such suspects and whether new legislation would be required to hold them. He said even without a trial, a judge would have to review the basis for holding such detainees. [...]

Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., urged the attorney general to make the detainee decisions "an open process" to win the confidence of the American public and the trust of foreign leaders.

And while we're at it, can we please stop abusing them? Yes, that is still happening. More tomorrow.