Jay Rockefeller: “What he is basically saying, in an extraordinary statement, is that there shall be no closing of Guantanamo. But then he…”

“What he is basically saying, in an extraordinary statement, is that there shall be no closing of Guantanamo. But then he is saying that if Guantanamo is closed, that there shall be no taking of prisoners from Guantanamo and putting them anywhere within the United States of America, thereby, No. 1, casting extraordinary criticism on some of the toughest, finest and, when necessary, very tough prisons in the United States, including in his State, my State, and many other States. But what he is really saying is he wants Guantanamo to stay open. And by saying that, what he is saying is he wants to create more people who hate the United States and more people who go to the cause of al-Qaida, and I find that an extraordinary statement, which he has every right to make and every right to believe with a full heart. I just don't run into a whole lot of people who know the situation who think like that.”