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2007-07-27 Home Front: WoT

US study portrays Guantanamo inmates as threat

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Posted by Seafarious 2007-07-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Sneer quote grubs??? lotp, we're going to have to let you take vacations more often -- that is five star restaurant grade snark!

Posted by trailing wife 2007-07-27 07:24|| 2007-07-27 07:24|| Front Page Top

#2 A study?!
It took a goddamned study to determine that the inmates in Gitmo are a threat?

I'm going to apply for some grant money to study the possibility that water is wet.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2007-07-27 08:06|| 2007-07-27 08:06|| Front Page Top

#3 Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Felter, director of the Combating Terrorism Center, told the Times it was an independent evaluation and carried out without Pentagon supervision.

Should a be valid enough endorsement for most.

Posted by Besoeker 2007-07-27 08:59|| 2007-07-27 08:59|| Front Page Top

#4 Should've leaked it to them. The Times would've believed it more.

Posted by tu3031 2007-07-27 10:26|| 2007-07-27 10:26|| Front Page Top

#5 They wouldn't be a threat if they were just shot for being illegal combatants...

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2007-07-27 11:46|| 2007-07-27 11:46|| Front Page Top

#6 Note that these 2 studies looked at 2 completely different sets of data (at least, as reported here). So, being somewhat into science myself, several questions quickly popped in my head:

* How long ago was this Seton Hall "study" and how many of these goons had NOT gone through hearings, where some of this info would've been hashed out?
* Note that the Seton Hall study (again, as reported here) only cited those who actually fought against us via AQ. Almost as if the Taliban never picked up a rock against us, eh?
* Note that (probably) some of these goons have been handed off between these 2 studies, which in itself skews the % numbers. Also, what exactly does a "demonstrated threat" mean vs. "actually" committing hostile acts against us.

And, I came up with these in just 2-3 minutes.

Posted by BA 2007-07-27 12:14|| 2007-07-27 12:14|| Front Page Top

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