docs.google.com - 1/16/2009
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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.
bostonherald.com - 1/14/2009
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bostonherald.com —
W ASHINGTON Terror suspects who have been held
but released from Guantanamo Bay are increasingly returning to...
the fight against the United States and its allies, the Pentagon said today. Sixty-one detainees who have been released from the U.S. Navy ...
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Pentagon: Guantanamo detainees back to battlefield
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Debunking the Pentagon's Gitmo Detainee Recidivism Claims
TalkLeft —
... a false portrait of the supposed dangers of these men. Fourty-three times they have given numbers—which conflict with each other—all of which are seriously undercut by the DOD statement that “they do not track” former detainees. Rather than making up numbers “willy-nilly” about post release conduct, America might be better served if our government actually kept track of them.” The full report is here. The first report is here (pdf) and the second report is here ...
61 Detainees Returning To Terror? No, Pentagon "Making Up Numbers"
Newshoggers.com —
... Seton Hall now has a new report out examining the evolving claims and hyped allegations entitled Propaganda by the Numbers. The accompanying ...
Debunking the Pentagon's Gitmo Detainee Recidivism Claims
TalkLeft —
... a false portrait of the supposed dangers of these men. Fourty-three times they have given numbers—which conflict with each other—all of which are seriously undercut by the DOD statement that “they do not track” former detainees. Rather than making up numbers “willy-nilly” about post release conduct, America might be better served if our government actually kept track of them.” The full report is here. The first report is here (pdf) and the second report is here ...
61 Detainees Returning To Terror? No, Pentagon "Making Up Numbers"
Crooks and Liars —
... Seton Hall now has a new report out examining the evolving claims and hyped allegations entitled Propaganda by the Numbers. The accompanying ...
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