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Writer's Block: Guantanamo’s Remaining Detainees
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Category 1: Where there is sufficient and admissible evidence, detainees who can be charged with a Federal crime under United States law should be so charged, and remanded to the Federal court of jurisdiction. Disposition: Federal criminal custody.
Category 2: Detainees who can be charged with serious or capital crimes in other jurisdictions should be remanded to that jurisdiction. Disposition: as appropriate. They may apply for Category 4 but any decision to grant it should be based solely on national security criteria.
Category 3: Detainees who cannot be charged should be released to their country of citizenship, unless they apply voluntarily to become Category 4. Disposition: released with a nominal stipend ($10,000 USA) to restart their lives. Note: the State Department should not grant travel visas to support civil litigation against the United States. Anyone planning to sue should instead select Category 4, or be represented by counsel and stay home.
Category 4: Any stateless detainee, any detainee who cannot be returned to their country of origin for human rights reasons, any detainee who applies for political asylum in the United States, any detainee believed to possess information of continuing usefulness to the national security of the United States, and/or any detainee who is a material witness in a Category 1 prosecution. Any detainee who claims mistreatment or torture in violation of the Geneva Conventions and the laws of the United States. For the sake of argument, any detainee who chose to engage in a hunger strike and was force-fed by tube should be considered eligible in this category. Any detainee pursuing civil litigation against the United States for damages. Note: no person can be classified Category 4 against their will.
All Category 4 detainees should be automatically given a free Green Card without prejudice and given two (2) additional Green Cards for immediate family (fiance, spouse, parent, sibling, and so on). Category 4 detainees should be given an automatic reparation of $20,000 USA and given settlement assistance in establishing residence in the United States.
Some Category 4 detainees are innocent, caught up in a web of events. Some Category 4 detainees are NOT innocent but have no further desire to cause trouble, and in the absence of evidence we can afford to be merciful. Once. The Green Card and reparations will allow them to become productive nationals, and if they wish, ultimately citizens.
Needless to say, all Category 4 detainees and their families will be under active surveillance by the NSA, FBI and other justice and national security agencies for the rest of their lives. This is by design.
Those Category 4 detainees who use their Green Cards to seek to make war against the United States and give aid and comfort to its enemies, establish terrorist networks, or otherwise violate the criminal laws can then be prosecuted accordingly. By giving them Green Cards and allowing them to bring others to America, we invite them to re-establish connections which we can then cut off at the knees, both in America and overseas.
Category 1: Where there is sufficient and admissible evidence, detainees who can be charged with a Federal crime under United States law should be so charged, and remanded to the Federal court of jurisdiction. Disposition: Federal criminal custody.
Category 2: Detainees who can be charged with serious or capital crimes in other jurisdictions should be remanded to that jurisdiction. Disposition: as appropriate. They may apply for Category 4 but any decision to grant it should be based solely on national security criteria.
Category 3: Detainees who cannot be charged should be released to their country of citizenship, unless they apply voluntarily to become Category 4. Disposition: released with a nominal stipend ($10,000 USA) to restart their lives. Note: the State Department should not grant travel visas to support civil litigation against the United States. Anyone planning to sue should instead select Category 4, or be represented by counsel and stay home.
Category 4: Any stateless detainee, any detainee who cannot be returned to their country of origin for human rights reasons, any detainee who applies for political asylum in the United States, any detainee believed to possess information of continuing usefulness to the national security of the United States, and/or any detainee who is a material witness in a Category 1 prosecution. Any detainee who claims mistreatment or torture in violation of the Geneva Conventions and the laws of the United States. For the sake of argument, any detainee who chose to engage in a hunger strike and was force-fed by tube should be considered eligible in this category. Any detainee pursuing civil litigation against the United States for damages. Note: no person can be classified Category 4 against their will.
All Category 4 detainees should be automatically given a free Green Card without prejudice and given two (2) additional Green Cards for immediate family (fiance, spouse, parent, sibling, and so on). Category 4 detainees should be given an automatic reparation of $20,000 USA and given settlement assistance in establishing residence in the United States.
Some Category 4 detainees are innocent, caught up in a web of events. Some Category 4 detainees are NOT innocent but have no further desire to cause trouble, and in the absence of evidence we can afford to be merciful. Once. The Green Card and reparations will allow them to become productive nationals, and if they wish, ultimately citizens.
Needless to say, all Category 4 detainees and their families will be under active surveillance by the NSA, FBI and other justice and national security agencies for the rest of their lives. This is by design.
Those Category 4 detainees who use their Green Cards to seek to make war against the United States and give aid and comfort to its enemies, establish terrorist networks, or otherwise violate the criminal laws can then be prosecuted accordingly. By giving them Green Cards and allowing them to bring others to America, we invite them to re-establish connections which we can then cut off at the knees, both in America and overseas.