Posted on June 10, 2016 by Ray Starmann
Members of ‘Leavenworth 10’ Languish In Military Prison, While GITMO Detainees Freed
Fox News
http://usdefensewatch.com/2016/06/members-of-leavenworth-10-languish-in-military-prison-while-gitmo-detainees-freed/The Obama administration is emptying the military’s Guantanamo Bay detention facility of avowed terrorists captured fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq, but several American service members languish in another military prison for actions on those same battlefields that their supporters say merit clemency, if not gratitude.
Among the prison population at Fort Leavenworth, in Kansas, are remaining members of the so-called “Leavenworth 10,” convicted service members doing terms ranging from 10 to 40 years for heat-of-the-battle decisions their supporters say saved American lives.
“The very people who protect our freedoms and liberties are having their own freedoms and liberties taken away,” said retired U.S. Army Col. Allen West, a former congressman and political commentator. “I think it’s appalling and no one is talking about this issue.”
