Murtha Wants Gitmo Prisoners in His District

Congressman John Murtha, who famously called his own constituents racists and rednecks during the campaign, wants those constituents to share their district with Gitmo prisoners:

Rep. Jack Murtha, D-Pa., says he’d be willing to house prisoners from Guantanamo Bay in his Congressional district if President Obama makes good on a plan to close the U.S. prison there.

Mr. Obama pledged to shutter the camp during his presidential campaign. In one of his first acts in office, the president circulated a draft Wednesday that would shut down Guantanamo Bay within a year.

Murtha only has a minimum security prison in his district. But says he’d have no reservations about holding detainees there in a maximum security prison.

“Sure, I’d take ‘em,” said Murtha. They’re no more dangerous in my district than in Guantanamo.
Murtha added that he there was “no reason not to put ‘em in prisons in the United States and handle them the way they would handle any other prisoners.”

”I'm thinking his constituents might disagree with the notion that terrorists in Western Pennsylvania are just as safe as terrorists in Gitmo.