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 .
Ed Meese : Guantanamo Bay holds high-value terrorist detainees , like 9/11 architect . The U.S. is at war , he says , and detention of the enemy during wartime is legal . Meese : Gitmo has kept terrorists off the battlefield and provided key intelligence . Until a safe , reasonable alternative is found , he writes , Gitmo should remain open .