Sanford joins opposition to bringing detainees to SC

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) _ U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford has written the Defense Department opposing the possibility of bringing detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the Naval Brig in Hanahan. The Defense Department has said it will evaluate the brig as a potential site to house detainees as part of the Obama administration’s push to close the Guantanamo prison. Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, is also being considered. In his letter Wednesday, Sanford wrote the evaluations violate a law passed by Congress regarding the detainees. He says he’s concerned about moving them from a remote coroner of Cuba to a prison near a school, homes and a port. U.S. Sen. Tim Scott has expressed similar concerns and says there’s no study that shows that bringing the detainees to the United States will make the nation safer.