Evelyn Farkas: Gitmo ‘a Stain’ on the U.S. Reputation; ‘A Very Dark Chapter’ in Our History

RUSH TRANSCRIPT:
BRZEZINSKI: "With that data why do you want them to come to your state? Evelyn , what’s the dilemma we have here, though, overall that the president is trying to address?"
FARKAS: "I think the president said it himself, he said 'I want to close this chapter of our history.' It’s a very dark chapter. We did something with Guantanamo that was outside the bounds of international law."
BRZEZINSKI: "Do you guys agree that?"
UNKNOWN MALE: "I do."
FARKAS: "And the president is trying to rectify that."
SCARBOROUGH: "What did we do at Gitmo that put a stain on America’s reputation?"
FARKAS: "We took the people from the battlefield, mainly from Afghanistan based on the say-so of people working in the field."
BRZEZINSKI: "And they went to trial, right?"
FARKAS: "No."
BRZEZINSKI: "Exactly."
FARKAS: "So that’s the problem. They were detained there indefinitely and they’re still being detained indefinitely and this has been going on since 2002 and according to international law and U.S. Law there is a process by which everyone gets a hearing."
GARDNER: "Say they go to Florence, Colorado, or supermaxes or other facilities. What happens to our court system?"