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Ron Johnson: “The fact that we don't have any place to put terrorists that…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Sen. Johnson on Fox News Sunday w/ guest host Shannon Bream

Published | Video Starts at 09:06

That's how you really develop the intelligence to try to foil future plots. And the fact that we're going to try and close Guantanamo, the reason, The fact that we don't have any place to put terrorists that we capture is really degrading our ability to gather that type of intelligence, keep America safe and secure. So this is no time to be transferring these individuals that are all high risk. Now that's what's left. We've released literally hundreds of prisoners from Guantanamo. (09:06–09:16)

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Asserts that lack of detention facilities for terrorists hampers intelligence gathering and national security.

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