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Jeff Sessions: Gitmo option remains open in dealing with all terrorists

Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Thursday the Trump administration will keep open its option to prosecute terrorists in military tribunals at Guantanamo Bay, and he expressed support for the plan to abolish the Diversity Visa Lottery program. And third, we need to lawfully, aggressively surveil non-citizen terrorists overseas.” New York terrorist suspect Sayfullo Saipov came to the U.S. from Uzbekistan through the Diversity Visa Lottery program in 2010. President Trump initially said he would consider sending the 29-year-old immigrant, accused of using a truck to mow down pedestrians and cyclists on a New York bike path, to the notorious military prison at Guantanamo Bay. “Terrorists should know: this Administration will use all lawful tools at our disposal, including prosecution in Article III courts or at Guantanamo Bay,” Mr. “If anyone has any doubt about it, they can ask the more than 500 criminals whom the Department of Justice has convicted of terrorism-related offenses since 9/11.

Associated Press

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