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Posted by Fred 2009-12-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top
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#1 Gitmo 'Recidivism' Claims Don't Stand Scrutiny
James Joyner | January 16, 2009

Earlier this week, I reported on the U.S. Defense Department's claims that as many as 61 former Guantanimo detainees had returned to terrorism. My friend Steve Hynd, who blogs at Newshoggers and elsewhere, passes along a rather convincing rejoinder from Michael J. Ricciardelli of the Seton Hall Law Center for Policy & Research.

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Posted by Besoeker 2009-12-21 04:28|| 2009-12-21 04:28|| Front Page Top

#2
"ominous"? I do not think that word means what you think it means.

Posted by Parabellum 2009-12-21 08:26|| http://sidemeat.wordpress.com/ 2009-12-21 08:26|| Front Page Top

#3 Any chance there are a few GPS trackers sewed into their underwear?

Posted by Karl Rove 2009-12-21 10:20|| 2009-12-21 10:20|| Front Page Top

#4 There has just been a second DoD report on recidivism issued since the article to which badanov links, one in May that was leaked to the New York Times, and one this month, which remains unleaked. And we've had reports here at Rantburg of Guantanamo graduates captured, killed, or otherwise actively involved in terror activity, so we know recidivism is real. It's quite possible the DoD does not want to reveal sources of information about individuals whose activities were not reported in the open press, and therefore chose to restate numbers on that basis... I have no idea. But it's something to think about.

Posted by trailing wife 2009-12-21 11:06|| 2009-12-21 11:06|| Front Page Top

#5 You'd think the possibility that some of these guys will kill some of our guys would be a consideration for our Dear Leader. But apparently it's not.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2009-12-21 11:43|| 2009-12-21 11:43|| Front Page Top

#6 I hope "return" means a plane lands, taxis to the end of the runway, opens a door, and folks onboard toss out the dead bodies of the "returnees". The plane then returns to the States and gets another load. Maybe we need to include a few "journalists" from the Times and WAPO, the LA Times, the Boston Globe, and maybe even the Minneapolis Star/Tribune for similar treatment.

Posted by Old Patriot 2009-12-21 15:54|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/ 2009-12-21 15:54|| Front Page Top

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