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Guantanamo Bay | 05/21/2009 10:15 am

More Proof That Guantanamo Bay Shouldn't Close? 1 in 7 Released Detainees Back to Terrorism

The New York Times says DoD hasn’t released report out of fear of unpsetting White House; Obama and Cheney square off on closing Cuba camp.
By The Staff at wowOwow.com
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As President Barack Obama and Dick Cheney square off today on the pros and cons of closing the Guantanamo Bay detention center, there’s more news that suggests the president perhaps should go slow and steady on this one.

An unreleased Pentagon report has found that one in seven of the 534 Gitmo prisoners let go has returned to terrorism or militant activity, reports The New York Times. Two administration officials said the report was being held up by Defense Department employees who fear ending up on the White House’s bad side. Even some Democrats have now joined Republicans in voicing their concern over closing the camp in Cuba by January without an alternative plan for what to do with the remaining 240 prisoners.

Meanwhile, the idea of moving Gitmo detainees to the U.S. continues to be met with resistance. Sen. Dianne Feinstein this week suggested they be sent to the supermax federal prison in Florence, CO — home to such infamous characters as Ramzi Yousef, one of the 1993 World Trade Center bombers — but that idea was slapped down by the state’s two Democratic senators, Sens. Michael Bennet and Mark Udall, reports Politico.

"I strongly support the Senate’s decision to withhold funding for the transfer of the detainees until the Administration comes up with a plan for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility," said Bennet. "Because the detainees are being tried by military tribunals, they should be held in military facilities. Military detainees should not be transported to and held at supermax because it is not a military facility.”

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Martha Vinyard

Thank goodness Barack Hussein Obama has finally adopted the Bush Cheney policy for detaining terrorists in Guantanamo Bay Cuber.

Well, I guess it was the Democrat controlled senate that delivered the 90 to 6 "resounding defeat"!

We certainly don’t want Al Qaeda terrorists recruiting Black Muslims in U.S. prisons. It doesn’t look like they’re having much trouble recruiting from the street in New York now does it?

By Martha Vinyard on 05/21/2009 10:41 am
Lady Gator

Martha — Isn’t it interesting that Diane Fienstein from California thinks they should be sent to a maximum security prision in Colorado.  Hey Diane — how about a maximum security prision in your State of California.  Is San Quinten a max sec prison? Oh, I forgot, "The Terminator" is  trying to sell San Q. to try to save California.  Next it will be the Golden Gate Bridge.

 

By Lady Gator on 05/21/2009 1:14 pm
Libra Lady
Lady G….I’m really surprised obamaco hasn’t put in a bid to buy San Q by now….then they can house these terrorists there since CA seems to want to help illegals that are in their state….no wonder they are hurting for money right now.
By Libra Lady on 05/21/2009 4:54 pm
Victoria J
Libra..won’t call you a lady…stop the self-serving hyperbole. For those of you who wore blinders for the past 8 years while Frick and Frack aka Tricky Dick ignored intel warnings about the potential for a highjack plane suicide flight into a major US city…Why? because they thought those brown guys across the world weren’t smart enough…found out they were smart and cunning enough… Frick and Frack’s smug inattention gave us the absolute worst terrorist hit in this country’s history. So what do they do to take the heat off of them?…start a war in Iraq and house a bunch of potential terrorists at Gitmo and torture them at cheney/Rumsfeld pleasure without a thought to due process.  Your racist rant reflects a smug ignorance that puts party before country!
By Victoria J on 05/21/2009 6:36 pm
Lady Gator
Victoria — Excuse me — where was there anything racist about her remark. 
By Lady Gator on 05/21/2009 7:11 pm
deber B

Please don’t  accuse  republicans of being racist.   That went out with the "hoola hoop" and carries absolutely no weight anymore.   I know, I know, when all else fails scream "racism."    At one time that worked but not anymore.

Well, now, where was democratic President Clinton when the World Trade Center and Okalahoma bombing took place?   Why didn’t he stop those two bombings?   Perhaps now you’ll see how ridiculous your statements are.    A multiple terrorist attack on 9/11 was unprecedented.   We haven’t had one since.

By deber B on 05/22/2009 5:16 am
Zera Lee
Barack Hussein Obama
Black Muslims

Apparently the hoola-hoop is still around.

By Zera Lee on 05/22/2009 4:01 pm
Bill Lee
Victoria, please point out to me where due process is guaranteed to war criminals captured on the field of battle. Also, please elaborate on what Libra said that was so racist.
By Bill Lee on 05/24/2009 2:33 pm
Tee Zee
More proof…where…what….?  Just hacks paid to speculate…wake me up when there’s something happens.
By Tee Zee on 05/21/2009 10:45 am
f p
And let’s not forget that Bush released some and they went right back to being terrorists. 
By f p on 05/21/2009 10:46 am
Maggie W
According to the article, around 500 were released by the Bush Adminstration.  240 remain there.
By Maggie W on 05/21/2009 11:38 am
deber B
So, why isn’t the Obama administration paying attention to that, fp?    Why aren’t they learning something from that?  Our country will be attacked again.   They see this administration as "soft" and interested in only one thing…..campaigning for 2012.
By deber B on 05/21/2009 1:41 pm
Victoria J
Did you skip logic and comprehension in school Deber? Tell me what you would do if someone held you 7 years in prison, abused and tortured you, defiled your culture and refused you even a lawyer…once the Bush Admin got off their lazy butts and realized you had nothing to do with the terrorists, they let you go…where would you go?…home and buy a new ipod?…or straight to the guys who you think will help you get back at Americans?  Actually terrorists don’t see this administration as soft but a little too savvy. They can deal with neanderthals like bush/cheney…but they are going to have a hard time figuring out where Obama is coming from. Providing prisoners due process gains respect from those who we need as allies. It means we are walking our talk. Obama already has us for 2012…while you repugs are still trying to find the 21st century!
By Victoria J on 05/21/2009 6:48 pm
deber B

I have no sympthy for the prisoners held in Gitmo.    None.     And, I really don’t care how the terrorists "see" our administration.    Interesting that you do.

By deber B on 05/22/2009 5:20 am
Zera Lee
I am glad you are not the one reading the threat assessments. You cannot anticipate what you ignore. Interesting that you would leave yourself vulnerable.
By Zera Lee on 05/22/2009 4:10 pm