Guantanamo Bay

Republican gubernatorial candidate Allen Weh says he is opposed to trying accused terrorist Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in federal civil court, citing a Wall Street Journal opinion piece from Saturday.
“Attorney General Eric Holder’s decision to provide a ‘fair’ day in court on U.S. soil for the same terrorists who seek to destroy this great nation and [...]

The US House will vote on President Barack Obama’s economic stimulus plan today. The plan contains “$700 million for New Mexico,” the Albuquerque Journal reports.

The Las Cruces County Commissioners have expressed unanimous support for a domestic partnership bill being heard at the Roundhouse today, says the Las Cruces Sun-News.

One man in Alamogordo is terrified that prisoners from Guantanamo Bay may be transferred to an Otero County immigrant detention center when Gitmo closes, according to the Alamogordo News.

The $2.7 billion fence along the border between the US and Mexico is only 69 miles from completion, but it is possible the Obama administration may halt the progress of the controversial fence, the AP reports.

“Proposed legislative cuts target ethnic programs,” says a story in today’s Daily Lobo.

The US Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement has given New Mexico $3.8 million to clean up abandoned coal mines near Lordsburg, T or C, Grants and Soccoro.

Talking Points Memo (TPM) looked into former U.S. Attorney David Iglesias’ new job of prosecuting detainees at Guantanamo Bay, aka Gitmo.
TPM noted that Iglesias isn’t on the job because of anyone from President Barack Obama’s staff or Obama himself. His appointment is actually a couple of weeks old.
Of course, it is moot — at least [...]