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Gates on Gitmo: Away From The Numbers
Firedoglake — ... Defense Secretary Bob Gates doesn't really make an overt pushback, but he subtly points out that Guantanamo isn't something to be afraid of. The total recidivism numbers "until recently" from Guantanamo have been on the order of "four or five percent, but there's been an uptick in recent months." Worst of the worst, huh? So much for the bogus 61 detainees back in the fight number -- which, by my back-of-the-envelope calculations based on ...

Gates on Guantanamo Recidivism
Daily Kos — ... Gates doesn't really make an overt pushback, but he subtly points out that Guantanamo isn't something to be afraid of. The total recidivism numbers "until recently" from Guantanamo have been on the order of "four or five percent, but there's been an uptick in recent months." Worst of the worst, huh? So much for the bogus 61 detainees back in the fight number--which, by my back-of-the-envelope calculations based on ...

Dick Cheney is Insane
Lawyers, Guns and Money — ... Cheney's mendacity is on full display throughout the piece -- citing, for instance, fabricated and debunked figures to the effect that some five dozen "terrorists" have resumed their business of writing editorials and appearing in documentaries. Setting aside for a moment the question of what should be done with the people whom the US purchased from the Northern Alliance or the Pakistani ISI and whom we have since held without charge or trial for seven years, does Cheney actually believe that the Obama administration has the first notion of tossing detainees into the ...