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Former KS Atty General Derek Schmidt
(MSC News)--The Kansas Attorney General has filed Freedom of Information Act requests regarding plans for the relocation of Guantanamo Bay detainees to possible mainland locations, including Fort Leavenworth.
According to a press release from the office of Attorney General Derek Schmidt, requests have been filed with the Defense Department, the Justice Department, and divisions of both departments, requesting information regarding the preparation of the proposed transfer,.
The requests additionally ask for information regarding funds expended on preparations and the results of any assessments of the suitability of Fort Leavenworth facilities as a site for housing detainees.
In the release, Schmidt says he's attempting, in part, to gather information about “how the federal government has justified any preparation and planning in the face of clear congressional prohibitions on the use of funds for those purposes.”
Schmidt’s request comes four weeks after he and the attorneys general of Colorado and South Carolina sent a letter to President Obama advising him that any attempt to relocate detainees to the mainland would be illegal under federal law. The attorneys general requested a response to their letter by December 4, but no response has been received.
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