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Security experts skeptical on Gitmo detainee report

 

Published 1/24/2009 by CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney at CNN Political Ticker

President Obama has signed an executive order to close the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detention facility. WASHINGTON (CNN) — Security experts are questioning information released by the Pentagon last week, saying 61 former detainees from its detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, may have returned to terrorist activities. The report, released days before President Obama took office, says [...] (link)

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