Study: US jails could handle Guantanamo detainees

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7. Thanks. Would have been interesting to have seen a “signing statement” ala Dubya saying “Acknowledge

Sec. 1027 but the executive branch has authority to use funds authorized by other acts to relocate prisoners in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to federal prisons in the United States.

‘‘National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012’’.
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hr1540enr/pdf/BILLS-112hr1540enr.pdf

SEC. 1027. PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF FUNDS FOR THE TRANSFER
OR RELEASE OF INDIVIDUALS DETAINED AT UNITED
STATES NAVAL STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA.
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act
for fiscal year 2012 may be used to transfer, release, or assist
in the transfer or release to or within the United States, its territories,
or possessions of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other
detainee who—
(1) is not a United States citizen or a member of the
Armed Forces of the United States; and
(2) is or was held on or after January 20, 2009, at United
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by the Department
of Defense.