20 percent of released detainees returning to terrorism
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Never saw this one coming. :downs:
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Almost makes me wish I put money down on it.
If I was held in a prison with no rights and subjected to waterboarding and other forms of torture, I'd be a terrorist too.
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[QUOTE=Bronsbey;19639909]Because censuses exist for no reason...[/QUOTE]
Occupation: Terrorist.
Meh the percentage is probably higher, we just don't know that they are really back to their old ways.
20% go back? I guess most of that 80% weren't terrorists then.
[QUOTE=lolwutdude;19598921]What the hell did they expect? Did they think they'll forget all the torture and mistreatment while being probably held illegally in Gitmo?
By doing what we keep doing in that un-American hellhole, we're only confirming their ideals we're evil bastards who hates Muslims.[/QUOTE]
No. We should have tortured them, then executed them. Freeing them was the mistake. You can't change these people's minds.
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[QUOTE=Used Car Salesman;19605084]IMO one of the lasting legacies of the Bush administration is the quasi-legal framework they put in place that basically allows the federal government to tag ANYONE as an "enemy of the state" and detain them for all eternity without ever bringing formal charges. Yes, Obama is making a show of charging them and giving them sorta fair trials, but when was the last time anyone introduced a motion to repeal the Patriot Act? Or to reign in executive power? He's not showing much interest in restoring our civil liberties, and that worries me.
Anyway, you can look at this two ways. Either 20% of people we "arrest" and throw in Gitmo are finally released and look for a way back into the fight, or 80% of the people that survive Gitmo go on to lead mildly productive lives outside of the extremist circles. Honestly, I think that's a better rate than the regular American prison system.
IMO, we should just stick them with some serious surveillance for the first year or so. I don't condone GPS tagging every prisoner in our system, but these guys are special cases and I'm sure keeping tabs on them is a fair enough price to pay for the chance of catching them contacting their old buddies. The CIA has proven it's immorality and incompetence in this "war", but goddamn they ought to be capable of tracking the Gitmo people we release until 1 in 5 of them leads us to some better targets.[/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE=lulzbocks;19640773]No. We should have tortured them, then executed them. Freeing them was the mistake. You can't change these people's minds.
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Except there is no legal evidence that they were ever linked to Al-Queda or the Taliban in the first place.
Perhaps if they were allowed to defend themselves in court.
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