The news from CPAC over the weekend is still filtering in ...although I must admit that the political activists who convene yearly in our nation's capital recieved much more media coverage than usual.

Hmm...I wonder why that is? Oh yeah. We lost the election.

Move America Forward's Danny Gonzalez was tracking the events and the speech that Senator Mitch McConnell gave about Gitmo.

CNS NEWS Reports:

McConnell, in a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Friday, said the administration has some explaining to do:

“The Obama administration has not answered one simple question: ‘Where exactly will you send them?’” McConnell said. “I’ll tell you where they ought to be … right there in jail at Gitmo.”

McConnell’s criticism of the administration’s plans to close Gitmo within the next year came in the same week that a Department of Defense study found the prison in compliance with international human rights standards set by the Geneva Convention—and just days after Attorney General Eric Holder visited the prison.

Holder spoke well of the prison’s management. However, he also said it was the intention of the administration to close Gitmo within a year because of allegations that terror suspects had been tortured there.

The report also noted that the prison keeps its thermostat set between 75 and 80 degrees, provides art classes to the prisoners, and holds a library of 13,000 books, 900 magazines, 300 DVDs and regular TV programs. Also, there is a “detainee newsletter.”

The task force assigned to review Gitmo was headed by Admiral Patrick Walsh, vice chief of Naval Operations, who told reporters Monday that the investigation was conducted over 13 days and consisted of more than 100 interviews including prisoners and guards.

“All interrogations are voluntary; approximately one-third of the sessions are at detainees’ request,” the report states.