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Pentagon to Declassify Report on Former Gitmo Detainees
Boots and Sabers — ... Looks like Obama’s going to get some serious internal pushback . The Pentagon is preparing to declassify portions of a secret report on Guantanamo detainees that could further complicate President Obama’s plans to shut down the detention facility. The report, which could be released within the next few days, will provide fresh details about 62 detainees who have been released from Guantanamo and are believed by U.S. intelligence officials to have returned to terrorist activities, according to two Pentagon officials who asked not to be identified talking about a document that ...

Bill Revere Sez: Suspend American Ideals – Or Else!!!!
News Hounds — ... Now let’s look at some numbers. According to an article in Newsweek, out of approximately 520 detainees released from Guantanamo, the recidivism rate is 12%, compared to a rate of up to 67% in state prisons in the US. (These stats might provide for some interesting arguments, which I will leave to the readers). 240 detainees remain at Guantanamo, with a hard core of 50 or 60 deemed highly dangerous. This group may never come to trial - thanks to the Bush/Cheney policy of “enhanced interrogation” (read “torture”) which may render the evidence against them inadmissible – and are ...

FoxNews.com Ratchets up Guantanamo Closure Fears with Old News
News Hounds — ... is their release about the Gitmo detainees who have “returned to the fight” – interesting reading on a few levels.) Newsweek reports that “There have…been concerns that Bush administration holdovers were deliberately playing up the cases in recent weeks in an effort to undercut Obama. One former senior U.S. counter-terrorism official noted to NEWSWEEK that the Pentagon waited until the day after Obama signed his executive order mandating the closure of Guantanamo to confirm [released inmate 35-year old Said Ali al-Shahiri’s] renewed Al Qaeda ties.” ...

Ain't No Sunshine
Weekly Standard Blog — ... On January 24, more than two months ago, Newsweek's Michael Isikoff reported on a new Pentagon report on former Guantanamo detainees who had returned to the jihad after their release. The report, he wrote, could be released in days. ...