Price for new prison at Guantanamo rises to $69M

[Disir]

The proposed price of an exclusive new prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, rose by $20 million in a year because designers added meeting rooms and a medical clinic for 15 former CIA captives, including accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed, a military spokesman said Monday.

Last year, the military estimated it would cost $49 million to build a new Camp 7, Guantanamo'€™s name for its clandestine high-value detainee lockup. Last week, the U.S. House Armed Services Committee earmarked $69 million in its proposed budget for 2015 Defense Department spending to build the new prison.

Construction is not assured because the full Congress has yet to take up the budget.

"The original estimated cost was made pre-site-selection," said Army Col. Greg Julian, a spokesman for the U.S. Southern Command, which oversees the detention center that holds 154 terrorism suspects and a 2,200-member staff.

Now, blueprints also include a "€œmedical facility, attorney-client meeting rooms and support with utilities, connecting to the utility grid," Julian said. He added that the military considers it safer to keep the captives in one place rather than move them around the detention center for meetings and services.

Southcom'€™s commander, Marine Gen. John F. Kelly, has been bullish on the building project because, according to those who have seen it, the current clandestine Camp 7 is on shifting ground in a secret location on the 45-square-mile naval base.

Price for new prison at Guantanamo rises to $69M | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com

Shut it down.

 

[dilloduck]

The proposed price of an exclusive new prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, rose by $20 million in a year because designers added meeting rooms and a medical clinic for 15 former CIA captives, including accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed, a military spokesman said Monday.

Last year, the military estimated it would cost $49 million to build a new Camp 7, Guantanamo'€™s name for its clandestine high-value detainee lockup. Last week, the U.S. House Armed Services Committee earmarked $69 million in its proposed budget for 2015 Defense Department spending to build the new prison.

Construction is not assured because the full Congress has yet to take up the budget.

"The original estimated cost was made pre-site-selection," said Army Col. Greg Julian, a spokesman for the U.S. Southern Command, which oversees the detention center that holds 154 terrorism suspects and a 2,200-member staff.

Now, blueprints also include a "€œmedical facility, attorney-client meeting rooms and support with utilities, connecting to the utility grid," Julian said. He added that the military considers it safer to keep the captives in one place rather than move them around the detention center for meetings and services.

Southcom'€™s commander, Marine Gen. John F. Kelly, has been bullish on the building project because, according to those who have seen it, the current clandestine Camp 7 is on shifting ground in a secret location on the 45-square-mile naval base.

Price for new prison at Guantanamo rises to $69M | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com

Shut it down.

No worries---Obama promised to shut it down

 

[Big Black Dog]

If we would just go ahead and hang all of those prisoners we wouldn't need a new prison. Could save a lot of money that way.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

Pubs won't allow the vote.

Same with immigration.

Not their fault though. They've got a full schedule with the fifth Benghazi "investigation" and another phony ObamaCare vote coming up.

 

[dilloduck]

Pubs won't allow the vote.

Same with immigration.

Not their fault though. They've got a full schedule with the fifth Benghazi "investigation" and another phony ObamaCare vote coming up.

Executive order----problem solved

 

[Disir]

Pubs won't allow the vote.

Same with immigration.

Not their fault though. They've got a full schedule with the fifth Benghazi "investigation" and another phony ObamaCare vote coming up.

There seems to be some movement
Uruguay agrees to take 8 to 12 Guantanamo prisoners; announcement in 'a couple of weeks' ? MercoPress