No funds to bring named Guantanamo detainees into the United States
What the document says“None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available in this or any other Act may be used to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to or within the United States, its territories, or possessions Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who--”
Section 8130 of division A bars funds in this or any other Act from being used to transfer or release into the United States, its territories or possessions, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who is not a United States citizen or a member of the Armed Forces and who was held at Guantanamo Bay by the Department of Defense on or after June 24, 2009. Section 8131 bars transfers to other countries except under two named laws.
What the document actually says“None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available in this or any other Act may be used to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to or within the United States, its territories, or possessions Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who--”
No money may be used to move or free these men into this country. That covers the states and the lands the country governs.
The prison named is at a Navy base in Cuba. The bar covers one named man and others held there. A nearby part covers transfers abroad.
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