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Scully, Steven - Host
DAVID COLE, FROM THE GEORGIA AND UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW. GUEST: THANK YOU
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Cole, David D. - Professor
FOR HAVING ME. HOST: JANUARY 11,
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Scully, Steven - Host
2012, GUANTANAMO BAY WAS OPENED. WHY WAS THE FACILITY LOCATED IN CUBA? OF WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL GOAL? GUEST: THERE WERE TWO REASONS
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Cole, David D. - Professor
TO BUT THE DETAINEE IS THERE. ONE, IT IS A SAFE AND RELATIVELY EASY TO SECURE PLACE. IT IS FAR AWAY FROM ANYTHING, IT IS AN ISLAND THAT WE HAVE CONTROL...
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Scully, Steven - Host
NOT JUST THE COST PER PRISONER, IT IS ABOUT $19,000 FOR PRISONER IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. AT THE COLORADO SUPER MAX, WITH 171 PRISONERS IN GUANTANAMO...
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WHEREAS THE TYPICAL COST IS ABOUT $25,000 FOR YEAR. IT IS VERY COSTLY IN TERMS OF DOLLARS TO KEEP IT OPEN. VYING WITH THE STATUE OF LIBERTY, THAT IS...
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IS $2.29 PER DAY PRISONER. FEDERAL PRISONERS ARE $3.16. AN AMERICAN LIVING ALONE IS ABOUT $9.45. AT THE SUPER-MAX, A DETAINEE IN GUANTANAMO BAY IS $30.45....
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Cole, David D. - Professor
BASICALLY, BECAUSE WE PUT IT ON A REMOTE ISLAND, IT IS NOT IN A U.S. TERRITORY THAT YOU ONLY GET TO YOUR EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES. EVERYTHING WILL COST...
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Scully, Steven - Host
AGO THIS MONTH, WHAT IS THE FUTURE?
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Cole, David D. - Professor
GUEST: THE PRESIDENT OBVIOUSLY FAILED IN MEETING HIS GOAL. THE EXTENT TO WHICH PEOPLE IN CONGRESS WILL BEGIN TO PAY ATTENTION TO HOW MUCH THIS IS COSTING...
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Scully, Steven - Host
JOIN THE CONVERSATION BY E-MAIL, JOURNAL@C-SPAN.ORG, OR BY TWITTER. TWITTER.COM/C-SPANWJ. THIS IS FROM "THE MIAMI HERALD." 171 DETAINEES. GUEST: SOME...
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Cole, David D. - Professor
THOSE COSTS, PRESUMABLY WE WOULD HAVE THOSE EVEN IF THEY WERE BEING KEPT IN THE UNITED STATES. THE OTHERS WOULD BE SICK MAN -- SUBSTANTIALLY DIMINISHED,...
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Scully, Steven - Host
HEADLINE, "GUANTANAMO, THE MOST EXPENSIVE PRISON CALLER: COULD YOU ANSWER
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ME A QUESTION? THIS MONEY IS A SHAME AND A CRIME AS OUR COUNTRY CAREENS TOWARDS BANKRUPTCY. NOT ONLY DID PRESIDENT OBAMA THERE TO CLOSE IT, HE SIGNED...
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Cole, David D. - Professor
A TROUBLING PIECE OF LEGISLATION. IT IS A MASSIVE DEFENSE SPENDING BILL. IT HAD A NUMBER OF PROVISIONS THAT DEALT WITH MILITARY DETENTION AND WITH GUANTANAMO....
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Scully, Steven - Host
CAN YOU DEFINE HEEBIE -- DEFINE HE HABEUS CORPUS? >>GUEST:
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IT IS AN ANCIENT RIPPED -- WRITE THAT WE GOT FROM ENGLAND AND IS RECOGNIZED IN OUR CONSTITUTION. IT SHALL NOT BE SUSPENDED EXCEPT IN TIMES OF REBELLION...
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Scully, Steven - Host
HOST: WHO IS LEFT? GUEST: THAT IS A
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Cole, David D. - Professor
GOOD QUESTION. INITIALLY, -- I DO NOT KNOW HOW MANY WERE BROUGHT THERE, INITIALLY. 7079 PEOPLE ARE HELD AT GUANTANAMO NOW. THAT IS A HIGH NUMBER. OVER...
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Scully, Steven - Host
A PRESSURE FOR 21 YEARS. HERE LAW DEGREE FROM YALE LAW SCHOOL. HE IS A CORRESPONDENT FOR A MAGAZINE AND A STAFF FOR THE CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS....
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CALLER: GOOD MORNING. I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THIS IS A TERRIBLE EXAMPLE OF POLITICAL PANDERING AT ITS WORST. ANYTIME YOU HAVE A PRESIDENT THAT MAKES...
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Cole, David D. - Professor
EXCELLENT POINT. IT WAS THE DEMOCRATICALLY CONTROLLED CONGRESS THAT INITIALLY BLOCKED PRESIDENT OBAMA'S EFFORTS TO CLOSE GUANTANAMO. IT IS A KIND OF...
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Scully, Steven - Host
PRISONERS HAVE BEEN PROVEN GUILTY IN GUEST: A COURT OF: -- IN A COURT OF LAW? GUEST:
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Cole, David D. - Professor
895. -- IT MIGHT BE FIVE. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL MILITARY COMMISSION THAT TRIALS OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES. MOST OF THEM HAVE ENDED IN THE GUILTY PLEAS....
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Scully, Steven - Host
ON THE GUANTANAMO BAY DETENTIONS' FACILITY. IT OPENED ON JANUARY 11, 2002. IT INITIALLY HAD SEVERAL HUNDRED INMATES. IT IS PART OF A 45-SQUARE-MILE ...
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AM AWARE OF THE OBSTACLES TO GETTING THAT DONE AS QUICKLY AS THE PRESIDENT WANTED TO GET IT DONE. [VIDEO CLIP] >>
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OF THE PRESIDENT'S COMMITMENT HAS NOT CHANGED AT ALL. IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO FOR OUR NATIONAL SECURITY INTEREST. THAT IS AN OPINION SHARED BY THE...
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Cole, David D. - Professor
GUEST: THAT IS RIGHT. ANYONE WHO HAS PAID CLOSE ATTENTION TO THIS ISSUE, THE MILITARY PEOPLE, THE INTELLIGENCE PEOPLE, THE STATE DEPARTMENT PEOPLE, THE...
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Scully, Steven - Host
CLOSE IT DOWN. CLOSE IT DOWN, NOW. DURING THE CONVERSATION AT TWITTER.COM/CSPANWJ. HOST:
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Scully, Steven - Host
MIKE, GOOD MORNING. CALLER: WHY CAN WE BUILD
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CALLER, -
THIS PRISON -- WHY DO WE NOT BUILD THIS PRISON IN ALASKA?
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Cole, David D. - Professor
GUEST: WE COULD PUT IT ANYWHERE. A LOT OF THESE VERY SECURE FEDERAL FACILITIES ARE IN DIFFICULT PLACES TO GET TO. FAR FROM ANY KIND OF SIGNIFICANT RESIDENTIAL...
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Scully, Steven - Host
OUR VIEWERS ON THE ABC'S PARLIAMENT CHANNEL. NEXT IS RICHARD.
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CALLER: GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME ON C- SPAN. I HAVE A QUESTION RELATED TO THIS ISSUE. I DO NOT MEAN TO SOUND HORRIBLE. A FROM AN INTERNATIONAL...
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Scully, Steven - Host
HOST: 2 ARE FOR WATCHING US. GUEST: IT IS ODD THAT WE
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Cole, David D. - Professor
HAVE THIS MILITARY FACILITY ON THE SOVEREIGN TERRITORY OF ONE OF OUR HE CLAIMED ENEMIES -- PROCLAIMED ENEMIES. IT IS A HISTORICAL ARTIFACT. AT ONE TIME,...
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Scully, Steven - Host
QUESTION. YOU IN THE GOVERNMENT -- WHO IN THE GOVERNMENT THINKS THAT -- THOUGHT THE CONSTITUTION ONLY APPLIED IN SAID THE U.S.? >> THAT WAS THE
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POSITION THAT THE BUS ADMINISTRATION CHOSE -- BUSH ADMINISTRATION TOOK IN THE COURTS. THEY'VE PREVAILED ON THAT POSITION IN THE DISTRICT COURT AND THE...
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Scully, Steven - Host
GUANTANAMO BAY OPENED UNDER THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION, IT REMAINS OPEN. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS MILITARY FACILITY. 171 DETAINEES AT A COST OF $800,000...
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TOPIC IS REALLY IMPORTANT. WHEN THE PROFESSOR AXE TO RELIEVE -- ACTUALLY STATED THAT THE GOAL WAS TO PLACE THE INDIVIDUALS OUTSIDE OF THE LAW, I WAS...
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Cole, David D. - Professor
CERTAINLY A TROUBLING ASPECT OF USING THE KIND OF GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARIES AND. -- PLAYING WITH WHERE YOU DETAIN PEOPLE IN ORDER TO KEEP THEM FROM THE...
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Scully, Steven - Host
SIGNED THE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT WHICH INCLUDES A PROVISION WHAT HE'D GUANTANAMO BAY OPEN. -- KEEPS AT GUANTANAMO BAY OPEN. IS THE PRESIDENT...
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Cole, David D. - Professor
COULD DO BOTH. IT IS A WIN-WIN SITUATION. CLOSE OF, YOU SAVE MONEY. WE WOULD BE STREAMLINING. HOST: FRANK IS JOINING
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Scully, Steven - Host
US FROM PENNSYLVANIA. GOOD MORNING. CALLER:
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CALLER, -
GOOD MORNING. OBAMA HAS DONE EVERYTHING ANTI- CIVIL RIGHTS. PROTESTERS ARE CONSIDERED LOW LEVEL TERRORISTS. IF YOU LOOK AT ALL OF THE RUNNING CANDIDATES...
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Scully, Steven - Host
HOST: WHAT ABOUT THAT? GUEST: A LOT
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Cole, David D. - Professor
HAS BEEN SAID. SOME OF IT IS TRUE AND SOME OF IT IS EXAGGERATION. A PROTESTOR -- IF THEY SAY THAT A PROTESTOR COULD BE DETAINED, IT SAYS THAT WITHIN THE...
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BUT IT IS NOT A REALISTIC COMPLAINT TO SAY THAT PROTESTERS WILL BE PUT INTO DETENTION. AS TO WHETHER THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION AND THE CURRENT OPPONENTS...
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Scully, Steven - Host
NDAA THAT WAS SIGNED ON DECEMBER 31 OF LAST YEAR. IT INCLUDES MONEY FOR THE MILITARY, TOTAL SPENDING OF SIX AND $62 BILLION. THE AUTHORIZATION ACT RESTRICTS...
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SURPRISED -- THAT YOU HAVE THESE VIEWS. THE PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES HAS A DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS. HE COULD HAVE DONE WHATEVER HE WANTED. GUEST: HE COULD
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Cole, David D. - Professor
DO SO ONLY IF HE HAD THE DEMOCRATS ON HIS SIDE. THE PROBLEM WAS, AS I SAID BEFORE, EVEN WHEN HE HAD CONTROL IN CONGRESS, IT IS ONLY A FILIBUSTER-PROOF...
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Scully, Steven - Host
COST COMPARISON. THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION SAYING IT COST $800,000 A YEAR TO KEEP AN INMATE IN GUANTANAMO. IT IS JUST UNDER $20,000 TO KEEP ONE INSIDE...
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Cole, David D. - Professor
PEOPLE GIVE THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE -- LOOKING FORWARD WITH SOME OPTIMISM AND SOME HOPE. PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS BROAD IRAQ WARD TO A CLOSE. HE HAS CUT IS...
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Scully, Steven - Host
PERSPECTIVE ON THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE OPENING OF GUANTANAMO BAY IN CUBA. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
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Cole, David D. - Professor
GUEST: THANK YOU. CALLER:
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HOST: WE CONTINUE TOMORROW. IS THE HOLIDAY HONORING MARTIN LUTHER KING. WE WILL BE JOINED BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE AMERICORPS. IT IS A BACK TO WORK WEEK...
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.