{"id":113429,"date":"2021-01-30T18:36:50","date_gmt":"2021-01-30T23:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=113429"},"modified":"2021-01-31T10:30:16","modified_gmt":"2021-01-31T15:30:16","slug":"pentagon-pauses-plan-to-offer-vaccines-to-guantanamo-bay-detainees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-pauses-plan-to-offer-vaccines-to-guantanamo-bay-detainees\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon Pauses Plan To Offer Vaccines To Guantanamo Bay Detainees"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpentagon-pauses-plan-to-offer-vaccines-to-guantanamo-bay-detainees%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=113429&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Department of Defense halted plans Saturday afternoon to begin offering COVID-19 vaccines to the 40 prisoners detained at Guantanamo Bay, where alleged 9-11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammad has been held for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/projects\/guantanamo\/detainees\/10024-khalid-shaikh-mohammed\">last 14 years<\/a>, beginning next week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cNo Guantanamo detainees have been vaccinated. We\u2019re pausing the plan to move forward, as we review force protection protocols,\u201d said Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby in a statement. \u201cWe remain committed to our obligations to keep our troops safe.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">No Guantanamo detainees have been vaccinated. We\u2019re pausing the plan to move forward, as we review force protection protocols. We remain committed to our obligations to keep our troops safe.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Kirby (@PentagonPresSec) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PentagonPresSec\/status\/1355600353086025731?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Clayton G. Trivett Jr., a prosecutor in cases against five Guantanamo Bay detainees, told <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2021\/01\/28\/world\/covid-19-coronavirus#the-pentagon-says-prisoners-at-guantanamo-bay-will-be-offered-vaccination\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The New York Times<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> that a Pentagon official signed a memo \u201capproving the delivery of the Covid-19 vaccine to the detainee population in Guant\u00e1namo\u201d on a voluntary basis. A Pentagon spokesperson told the Times on Friday that the memo had been signed on Wednesday by Dr. Terry Adirim, principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for health affairs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Before the order was paused, Pentagon spokesperson Michael Howard told <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/01\/29\/khalid-sheikh-mohammed-to-get-covid-19-vaccine-in-guantanamo\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">New York Post<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0that any COVID-19 vaccines would be administered to prisoners \u201cin accordance with the Department\u2019s priority distribution plans.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Pentagon\u2019s decision to put the detainee-vaccination plan on hold comes after lawmakers and New Yorkers voiced opposition to the plan, particularly in light of the ongoing need to vaccinate more senior citizens around the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cPresident Biden told us he would have a plan to defeat the virus on day 1. He just never told us that it would be to give the vaccine to terrorists before most Americans,\u201d said House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA). After the Department of Defense reversed the guidance in the memo, McCarthy simply responded: &#8220;Good.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">President Biden told us he would have a plan to defeat the virus on day 1. He just never told us that it would be to give the vaccine to terrorists before most Americans.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kevin McCarthy (@GOPLeader) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GOPLeader\/status\/1355577151031017473?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cYou can\u2019t make this up,&#8221; Tom Von Essen, the New York City fire commissioner during the September 11 attacks, told the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/01\/29\/khalid-sheikh-mohammed-to-get-covid-19-vaccine-in-guantanamo\/\">New York Post<\/a> after the policy was revealed. &#8220;The ridiculousness of what we get from our government. They will run the vaccine down to those lowlifes at Guantanamo Bay before every resident of the United States of America gets it is the theater of the absurd.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">New York State Assemblyman Colin Schmitt (R) called it a \u201cnational disgrace\u201d and &#8220;embarrassment&#8221; for the U.S. to inoculate any \u201cterrorists arm\u201d before the county was done vaccinating senior citizens, first responders, and all of those who have pre-existing conditions caused by 9-11 related illnesses.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">ASSEMBLYMAN COLIN SCHMITT: NO COVID SHOTS FOR 9-11 TERRORISTS AND GITMO PRISONERS <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GoDS1sheSV\">https:\/\/t.co\/GoDS1sheSV<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hfszH4gyzj\">pic.twitter.com\/hfszH4gyzj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Colin Schmitt (@colinschmitt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/colinschmitt\/status\/1355525688263143425?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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