An unreleased Pentagon report concludes that about one in seven of the 534 prisoners already transferred abroad from the detention center in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, has returned to terrorism or militant activity, according to administration officials.
The conclusion could strengthen the arguments of critics who have warned against the transfer or release of any more detainees as part of President Obama’s plan to shut down the prison by January. Past Pentagon reports on Guantánamo recidivism have been met with skepticism from civil liberties groups and criticized for their lack of detail.
The Pentagon promised in January that the latest report would be released soon, but Bryan Whitman, a Pentagon spokesman, said this week that the findings were still “under review.”
Tell me again about all that ‘transparency’ Obama promised us.
Hmmmm. Not if you don’t detain them in the first place they don’t. I wonder how enthusiastic I’d be about taking a prisoner in the first place if I were in combat.
And remember, these are the guys that the military said were docile and non-ideological enough to cut loose.