Chabot: “Gitmo is Essential”

From a press release sent out last week:

Congressman Steve Chabot… today criticized a U.N. report calling for the United States to shut down the terrorist prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

"Guantanamo Bay holds very dangerous terrorists who will stop at nothing to kill innocent Americans," said Chabot. "Unlike the so-called experts from the U.N., I have seen first hand the important role this facility plays in our war on terror.

Chabot is correct that Gitmo holds very dangerous terrorists, but he ignores evidence that only a small fraction of the detainees are actually terrorists. For the most part, the U.S. seems to have spent the last few years detaining and torturing innocent farmers.