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No to Gitmo prisoners
Brownback is against a proposal to bring terror suspects from Guantanamo Bay to Fort Leavenworth.
U.S. Senator Sam Brownback is saying "no" to Gitmo prisoners.
Brownback is against a proposal to bring terror suspects from Guantanamo Bay to Fort Leavenworth.
Today, he toured the building and explained why Kansas is not the right place for the 250 prisoners.
"These are very dangerous guys that are high value targets of terrorist organizations. Leavenworth is not set up to keep people from trying to enter a base and it is set up on the Missouri River. You've got a railroad that goes right next to it as well and then you've got school kids. It is set up primarily as an educational facility, not as a contained fort," Brownback said.
Those prisoners are suspected of terrorism or links to al-Qaida and the Taliban.
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