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Press Briefing by Judy Ansley, NSA Senior Director for European Affairs and Faryar Shirzad, NSA Deputy National Security Advisor (Q Topic: Guantanamo)
— Wednesday, June 21, 2006 — Q On Guantanamo Bay, you said that the Europeans seemed satisfied with what the President said, and what the President said at the press conference was sort of similar to what he's been saying and what Mr. Hadley said at the briefing last week. Was there any more specific things that he said that was able to assure the Europeans that the process of moving -- to close the facility? MS. ANSLEY: Yes. Satisfied might not be the right answer. I think that they understood his reasoning. I think that might be a more accurate way of describing it. They understand that there are people in Guantanamo that are dangerous. They would like for them to be tried. The President explained that he would also like to bring these people to justice, to have them in courts. He explained to them that he has to await the Supreme Court decision for the forum before which they would be tried. And they seem to understand his rationale, that he wants to do that, as well. He also explained that we're trying to return these people to their home countries. In some cases, that's problematic because we want to ensure that they go back to countries where they will not be mistreated. Q They didn't break any new ground in terms of -- MS. ANSLEY: It was really -- Q -- commitments to -- it was a restatement of -- MS. ANSLEY: No, it was really a restatement and explanation to these particular leaders of what the policy is. White House Press Corps | Press Briefing | News Media | Bush Administration | Guantanamo
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