Simon - And when did he say that he would let anyone free "whether they are a threat to the USA or not?"

He didn't. He won't. Grow up.

appauled

No, they were just getting a lot of practice on how to kill American troops. They should he getting really good at it by now.

"LOl....we
have to teach Obama's team before he takes office."

Maybe next time the President won't respond by sitting down and staring blankly at elementary school children and then bombing a completely unrelated third party back to the stone age.

Lot's of whiners on this site. McCain lost, Obama won...deal with it.

Some of the childish remarks on here are almost (but not quite) unbelieveable. These practice sessions have been held at least quarterly since 9/11 by the Bush team and they are doing their duty in sharing their knowledge with the incoming team. Both sides are to be commended, not critizised for putting out country first.

Herb: very well stated.

Closing down Gitmo doesn't mean the detainees go free. It means they go back into incarceration in much nicer places like Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Oman, etc. Wake up!!!

Joe, wait until they get to prisons in those countries. They'll think Gitmo was the Ritz-Carlton by comparison.

This gives me a very bad feeling. Isn't this exactly what was going on at the same time 9/11 was happening?

@appauled - "thanks to our military and the current administration blahblahblahblah" - HOW!?! Name one policy that Bush implemented that can be PROVEN to have stopped an attack? Any of the attacks that you might want to mention (liquid bombs on planes (impossible I might add), the Chicago "plot" (with what?), the supposed attack on the Fort (again, with what?) have all been proven as either in-operable or thought up by clueless idiots who never would have had a chance to harm a fly much less attack anything of significance. people can still walk across the border with weapons, ship them in containers, drive them across, etc. - so tell me how that's solved anything? How hard is it for a terrorists to drive a gas truck in to a crowded area? If the world is so awash with terrorists and people who want to do us harm, why haven't they? It ain't that hard to get here, it ain't that hard to get a gas truck or some explosives if you know the right people...think about it for a minute, perhaps an answer will percolate up through the grey matter...because I find it hard to believe that every single terrorist in the world is right now in Iraq....

This is a good idea. It's always helpful to know how NOT to do things...

Obama can get tips on fighting terrorism from his friend Bill Ayers. After all, this guy was a terrorist. We are going to need help since Obama is going to set free the terrorists at GITMO.

Another squashed story from Iraq...

Iranian demonstrators burned photographs of Barack Obama today as they protested against America’s inaction over Gaza.
Dozens of people gathered in Tehran waving Palestinian flags and defacing and setting fire to images of the President-elect.
Iranian demonstrators have often burned effigies or pictures of US presidents in the past but this appeared to be the first time Mr Obama’s picture had been defaced, a week before his inauguration as president.

Didn't they hear his concern...there is only one president at a time...wussie way out, trademark of o.

I think Gitmo should NOT be closed. By closing it we are telling the world to go ahead and do what they want with us, all we'll do is slap their hand and send them home at our expense..And Bush has helped BHO and his little elves any way he can, also he worked hard to try to clean up Clinton's mess. Now BHO gets it, I hope he can wave his little wand and puff, everything is as he said would be when he gets to the White House,LOL--- Boy there are alot of people fixing to get a rude awakening and all I can say you wanted him, now we all have to pay the price and, GOD HELP AMERICA!!!!!!!!

Trevor wrote:
"The world is not just made up of Muslims. There are many countries that support Guantanamo. So the Muslim countries' support for closing it doesn't equate world opinion."

Well, I live in Denmark and I can testify to the fact that America's standing in the world has suffered greatly because of Guantanamo. That is because most people here don't support torture and indefinite detention. Especially when, via Bush's extraordinary renditions-program, any of us could end up in Guantanamo for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

War crimes have gone out of fashion, you are in the minority now. Get used to it and try to make the best of it.

The real sad thing here is seeing how divided we still are. I didn't vote for Obama, but hey he won so nothing I can say or do will change that. I agreed with some, not all of Bush's policies. I think 8 years was enough and some new ideas are needed. The military has done their job. They don't make policy they follow orders. It's not their job to debate weather it's a good idea or not, they just do it. I am very thankful for them. We have been attack free for 7 years, and I hope under Obama that continues. The joint training is a good idea. Passing the knowledge to your replacement is a good thing, anyone who thinks it isn't is just being ignorant. I just hope policies over the next 4 years turn things around. I hope we can win in Iraq and Afghanistan and that we can spend that money in America and not a war. I just hope this country can undivide itself and concentrate on helping one another.

Interesting, W's Admin is helping Team PEBO to assure the country continues to be safe, while Clinton's drones removed all the "W's" from the computer keypads to help the new Bush Admin during their transition.

"Interesting, W's Admin is helping Team PEBO to assure the country continues to be safe, while Clinton's drones removed all the "W's" from the computer keypads to help the new Bush Admin during their transition."

Apples and oranges. Practical jokes between outgoing and incoming administrations are as old as the wind.

Let's hope that the Guantanamo detainees end up receiving Asylum visas to US and end up living next to Democrats who support them so they can enjoy their fellowship. LOL What a bunch of morons!