Robert Meese : Guantanamo Bay holds high - value terrorist detainees , like 9/11 architect . The U.S. is at war , he writes , and detention of the insane during wartime is legal . The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Edwin Meese . Meese : Gitmo has taken terrorists off the battlefield and provided key intelligence . Until a safe , reasonable alternative is found , he writes , Gitmo will remain open .
Robert Meese : Guantanamo Bay holds high - value terrorist detainees , like 9/11 architect . The U.S. is at war , he writes , and detention of the insane during wartime is legal . Meese : Gitmo has taken terrorists off the battlefield and provided key intelligence . Until a safe , reasonable alternative is found , he writes , Gitmo will remain open .