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SJR-11 Guantanamo Bay: detention facility.(2009-2010)

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2009–2010 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Joint Resolution
No. 11

Introduced  by  Senator Runner
 (Coauthor(s): Senator Aanestad, Ashburn, Benoit, Cogdill, Cox, Denham, Dutton, Hollingsworth, Huff, Maldonado, Strickland, Walters, Wyland)
 (Coauthor(s): Assembly Member Adams, Anderson, Bill Berryhill, Tom Berryhill, Blakeslee, Conway, Cook, DeVore, Duvall, Emmerson, Fletcher, Fuller, Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick, Gilmore, Hagman, Harkey, Jeffries, Knight, Logue, Miller, Nestande, Niello, Nielsen, Silva, Smyth, Audra Strickland, Tran, Villines)

June 01, 2009

Relative to Guantanamo Bay.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


SJR 11, as introduced, Runner. Guantanamo Bay: detention facility.
This bill would urge the President of the United States and the Congress to employ necessary measures to ensure that no terrorist or suspected terrorist detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba is permitted to enter California in custody or otherwise.
Fiscal Committee: NO  
WHEREAS, The imminent closure of the United States detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba raises the inescapable conclusion that the terrorists or suspected terrorists who remain in the facility will be transferred to alternative prisons or released here or abroad; and
WHEREAS, This group includes extraordinarily dangerous men like Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, mastermind of the September 11 attacks on the United States, and Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, who orchestrated the 2000 attack that killed 17 United States sailors aboard the U.S.S. Cole; and
WHEREAS, Terrorists like Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who has bragged about decapitating American journalist Daniel Pearl and openly expresses his desire to kill more Americans, are now securely confined in the United States detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; and
WHEREAS, The President has not articulated a clear plan for the disposition of these terrorists but confirms that they will all be moved; and
WHEREAS, The people of California, who were identified as potential targets for the September 11 attacks, are profoundly concerned that a lack of vigilance will result in the release of terrorists who may once again threaten their families; and
WHEREAS, The safety of our citizens is our paramount concern; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate and the Assembly of the State of California, jointly, That the California State Legislature respectfully urges the President of the United States and the Congress of the United States to employ necessary measures to ensure that no terrorist or suspected terrorist detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba is permitted to enter California in custody or otherwise; and be it further
Resolved,That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this resolution to the President and Vice President of the United States, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Majority Leader of the Senate, and each Senator and Representative from California in the Congress of the United States.