W.H. on Gitmo: We’ve Proved that We Can Effectively Detain Convicted Terrorists on the U.S. Soil

‘And the president believes that the American people would be safer if we took that recruiting tool, that propaganda tool away from extremist organizations’

RUSH TRANSCRIPT:
"This is all important particularly when you consider that we've demonstrated in this country that we can effectively detain convicted terrorists on American soil in a way that doesn't pose an enhanced security threat to the American people. We've also demonstrated that we can bring terrorists to justice on American soil. Using the American criminal justice system to hold them accountable for their crimes. That would give the United States the benefit of being able to say we're going to protect the American people, ask we're going to do it in a way that's entirely consistent with our values."

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