Congress Reaches Compromise on Transfer of Detainees

In what appears to be a sudden reversal of policy, Congressional leaders on the Homeland Security Appropriations Conference Committee on Wednesday included compromise language in the FY 2010 Homeland Security Appropriations Act that would allow detainees currently held in the Guantanamo Bay detention facility to be transferred to the United States for prosecution.  Members of … Continue reading Congress Reaches Compromise on Transfer of Detainees