Oklahoma
State Senate
Communications Division
State Capitol
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
For Immediate Release: January 30, 2009
Sen. Randy Brogdon
Senator Brogdon Files Concurrent Resolution
to Keep Gitmo Terrorists Out of Oklahoma
Sen. Randy
Brogdon has authored a measure to block any efforts to
relocate prisoners from the terrorist prison at Guantanamo Bay to
Oklahoma. That’s after President Barack Obama signed an executive
order to close the prison within a year. Brogdon said previous
locations considered for inmates have included Fort Sill in
southwestern Oklahoma. He said it is critical for the State
Legislature to back efforts by Oklahoma’s Congressional delegation
to stop that from happening.
“Oklahoma lives have already been lost as a result of terrorism
with the 1995 bombing of the Murrah building. Bringing in these
criminals who helped mastermind 9/11 could make us a target for
future terrorist attacks,” said Brogdon, R-Owasso. “Under no
circumstances should they be brought here.”
Brogdon’s measure, Senate Current Resolution 4, calls for Congress
to block any efforts to bring Gitmo prisoners to Fort Sill or any
other new or existing location within the State of Oklahoma.
“These are individuals who remain a threat to our nation and to
the freedoms we enjoy. I am outraged that anyone would even
consider bringing them to Oklahoma,” Brogdon said. “I will do
everything in my power to make sure that never happens.”
