40 Colorado Sheriffs Oppose Guantanamo Detainee Plans

DENVER (AP) — Forty sheriffs in Colorado wrote to the White House to oppose any plan to move detainees from the detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to prisons in the state.
The sheriffs argued in the letter sent Monday that Colorado would be in danger if the Pentagon sends Guantanamo detainees to either of two prisons under consideration in the central part of the state.
Although the prisons are capable of securing the detainees, the action would attract “sympathizers who would