CNSNews.com - Justice Dept. Included Non-Terrorists on List Supporting Obama’s Claim That Hundreds of Terrorists Have Been Convicted in Civilian Court

CNSNews.com - Justice Dept. Included Non-Terrorists on List Supporting Obama’s Claim That Hundreds of Terrorists Have Been Convicted in Civilian Court: "(CNSNews.com) – The Justice Department included non-terrorists on a list provided to members of the U.S. Senate as back-up for President Barack Obama’s and Attorney General Eric Holder’s claims that hundreds of terrorists have been convicted in civilian federal courts.

In advocating the closure of the Guantanamo Bay prison in May 2009, Obama said, “Nobody has ever escaped from one of our federal supermax prisons, which hold hundreds of convicted terrorists.”

That remark sparked the curiosity of Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, who wrote Attorney General Eric Holder asking for the names and offenses of those “hundreds” of terrorists convicted in civilian courts and sent to civilian prisons.

Kyl did not get a prompt response."