Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

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you mean this one....but it dosent matter....its still a prison for terrorists....what i dont get is if terrorists are there why whould anyone want to let em go....

Posted by: wall_rus Date: Monday, January 26, 2009 11:28:19 PM
In reply to: None Post # of 5808

Do released Guantanamo prisoners return to the battlefield? This will blow you away!

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RELEASED GUANTÁNAMO DETAINEES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE:PROPAGANDA BY THE NUMBERS?

Time and time again, the Department of Defense, the Executive Branch, and other government officials have claimed publicly that Guantánamo Bay detainees who have been released have “returned to the battlefield” where they have then been re-captured or killed. On January 13, 2009, during a press conference the Department of Defense provided its 43rd attempt to report on the number of detainees released from Guantanamo who returned to the battlefield. This latest report alleges that 61 detainees have returned to the battlefield. This report seeks to examine the last numbers.

1. The 43rd attempt to enumerate the number of detainees who have returned to the battlefield is false by the Department of Defense’s own data and prior reports.

2. In each of its forty-three attempts to provide the numbers of the recidivist detainees, the Department of Defense has given different sets of numbers that are contradictoryand internally inconsistent with the Department’s own data.

3. The Department of Defense does not keep track of released detainees nor does it follow their post release conduct.

4. The Department of Defense’s previous statements about the post release conduct of former Guantanamo detainees were produced in writing in July 2007 and May 2008.

5. The January 13, 2009 press statement identifies no names, dates, places nor anyconduct by released detainees. The raw numbers that are cited are unsupported, inconsistent with all other statements and appear to be presented to support the internal Department of Defense purposes.


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