British justice minister : Gitmo is 'recruiting agent' for terrorism

Thu Jun 15, 2:19 AM ET

LONDON (AFP) - Lord Charles Falconer, Britain's de facto justice minister and close ally of Prime Minister Tony Blair, has denounced the US prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba as a "recruiting agent" for terrorism.

"I think that Guantanamo Bay is a recruiting agent for those who would attack all our values," the Lord Chancellor said Wednesday on BBC1's Question Time, in the most outspoken attack yet by a senior government minister.

"We live by the rule of law. What Guantanamo Bay is doing is placing people beyond the rule of law which I think is intolerable and wrong. It should never have been opened and it should be closed," he said.

His comments follow the suicide at the weekend of three of the detainees at the prison camp.

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...why has he suddenly realized this now?

Here's my guess. He knows the writing's on the wall for Phony bLiar's governmet and wants to position himself advantageously for the next government.