50 Colorado sheriffs oppose Guantanamo detainee transfer

DENVER (AP) -- Fifty sheriffs in Colorado have written to the White House to oppose any plan to move detainees from the Guantanamo Bay detention center to prisons in the state. The letter sent Monday says that Colorado would be in danger if the Pentagon sends Guantanamo detainees to either of two prisons under consideration in the central part of the state. The sheriffs say that although the prisons are capable of securing the detainees, the action would attract "sympathizers who would mount an ...