BREAKING: Senate approves plan to let Gitmo detainees in U.S. for trial

By GottaLaff

David Shuster just reported that the Senate has approved a plan to allow Guantanamo Bay detainees into the U.S. for trial. That's both houses that have given approval.

Uh-O-o-oh.

Batten down the hatches, the evildoers are coming! What could Congress members be thinking?! Hide the kids! Get out the firearms! Everyone knows our supermax prisons will never be able to hold these crafty terrorists! America will turn into a veritable battlefield!

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All my previous posts on this subject matter can be found here; That link includes audio and video interviews with Lt. Col. Wingard, one by David Shuster, one by Ana Marie Cox, and more. My guest commentary at BuzzFlash is here.

Lt. Col. Barry Wingard is a military attorney who represents Fayiz Al-Kandari in the Military Commission process and in no way represents the opinions of his home state. When not on active duty, Colonel Wingard is a public defender in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

If you are inclined to help rectify these injustices: Twitterers, use the hashtag #FreeFayiz. We have organized a team to get these stories out. If you are interested in helping Fayiz out, e-mail me at The Political Carnival, address in sidebar to the right; or tweet me at @GottaLaff.

If you'd like to see other ways you can take action, go here and scroll down to the end of the article.

Then read Jane Mayer's book The Dark Side. You'll have a much greater understanding of why I post endlessly about this, and why I'm all over the CIA deception issues, too.

More of Fayiz's story here, at Answers.com.