Tom Cotton Wants Terror Detainees To 'Rot In Hell,' But He'll Settle For Gitmo

If new Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) had his way, the detainees at Guantanamo Bay would "rot in hell" instead of being held in the prison.

Delivering a remarkably passionate declaration in an Armed Services Committee hearing on the Cuban detention facility, Cotton, who is an Iraq War veteran, appeared to become enraged by the administration's argument that Gitmo should be closed because it has become a recruiting tool for terrorists.

Although Defense Department and intelligence officials offered evidence of how Gitmo is used in recruitment videos by the Islamic State...