Friday, February 6, 2009
Politico was wrong about Gitmo detainees
Politico falsely reported on 2/5/2009: "The Pentagon said earlier this month that 61 former Guantanamo inmates, out of the more than 700 who had been held at the facility, have been found to have returned to terrorism." In fact, the Pentagon has acknowledged that its figure of 61 detainees includes 43 former prisoners who are only suspected of, but have not been confirmed as having "returned to terrorism." Moreover, even the Pentagon's claim that it has confirmed that 18 former Guantánamo detainees have "return[ed] to the fight" has been questioned by experts.
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The numbers I've read are all over the place on this issue. Its safe to say though that enough of them are returning to fight to be a worry. Overall though, the Saudi program has been very successful. Reports say over 1,000 former jihadists have gone through the program with the majority being deradicalized. This is good and the U.S. should continue to support the program and strict survaillance for all of its graduates.
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