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Judi Lynn

(160,608 posts) Wed Dec 9, 2015, 06:36 PM Dec 2015

Guantanamo judge hears arguments on no-touch order for female guards

Source: Reuters

Guantanamo judge hears arguments on no-touch order for female guards

By Lacey Johnson
21 minutes ago

FORT MEADE, Md. (Reuters) - A former Guantanamo Bay commander at a section of the U.S. prison that houses alleged Sept. 11 conspirators testified on Wednesday that barring female guards from touching prisoners increased risks and hurt morale.

Judge Army Colonel James Pohl issued the temporary no-touch order in January after Muslim detainees complained that physical contact with women outside their immediate families went against their religion. Pohl could rule to revise the temporary order this week.

“There were strains throughout my deployment ... trying to uphold that order,” said the former commander, who testified via streaming video under the pseudonym Major Prior.

“It increased the overall risk,” he said. “We have unpredictable detainees within these facilities.”

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Guantanamo judge hears arguments on no-touch order for female guards (Original Post) Judi Lynn Dec 2015 OP

I hope Obama closes the prison Abouttime Dec 2015 #1

I'm with you Abouttime, on this. rgbecker Dec 2015 #2

Abouttime

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1. I hope Obama closes the prison

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Wed Dec 9, 2015, 06:50 PM

Dec 2015

It's an ongoing national embarrassment. The prisoners have been tortured, they all should be freed and the base turned over to the rightful owners, the people of Cuba.

rgbecker

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2. I'm with you Abouttime, on this.

Reply to Abouttime (Reply #1)

Wed Dec 9, 2015, 07:00 PM

Dec 2015

I think Obama could, as commander in chief close that place just as simply as W. Bush opened it, without any permission from the Congress, declaring it a national security risk. Like Trump, it is, as you say, a National Embarrassment.

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