JOHNSTOWN — Rep. John Murtha's contention that Guantanamo detainees could be safely housed in U.S. prisons, including in his Western Pennsylvania district, met little resistance from his constituents.

But a fellow congressman disagreed and questioned whether placing "known terrorists" anywhere in the country was a wise idea.

Murtha, in a Fox News interview Wednesday, said the suspected terrorists would be "no more dangerous in my district than in Guantanamo." The congressman said in the interview there was "no reason not to put 'em in prisons in the United States and handle them the way they would handle any other prisoners."

There isn't a federal prison in Murtha's district, although the Federal Correctional Institution-Loretto, a low-security prison, is nearby.

A spokesman for the Democratic congressman said he couldn't say if that facility would be suitable or if another facility could be used because nothing has been proposed.

Many people in Johnstown agreed with Murtha. None of those asked expressed security concerns, while some saw it as a possible economic boost.

On Thursday, President Barack Obama ordered Guantanamo be closed, a decision Murtha praised.

At least three military prisons — in Fort Leavenworth, Kan., Camp Pendleton, Calif., and Charleston, S.C. — could house some of the Guantanamo detainees, an administration official said. Also under consideration, the official said, is the Supermax prison Florence, Colo., which houses convicted Sept. 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui and Olympic bomber Eric Rudolph.

An estimated 245 men are held at the U.S. naval base in Cuba.