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WaPo: How a Detainee Became an Asset

Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 9:25 am PDT

The Washington Post has an interesting article supporting the contention that harsh interrogation techniques such as sleep deprivation and waterboarding resulted in valuable intelligence from 9/11 attack planner Khalid Sheikh Mohammed: How a Detainee Became An Asset. These scenes provide previously unpublicized details about the transformation of the man ...

Guantanamo Bay, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, KSM, 9/11, CIA, Torture

Terrorists Returning to Terrorism - Who'da Thunk?

Wed, May 27, 2009 at 11:42 am PDT

I hope you’re sitting down, because one in 7 who leave Guantanamo are involved in terrorism. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Seventy-four, or one out of every seven, terrorism suspects formerly held at the U.S. detention site at Guantanamo Bay are confirmed or suspected of having returned to terrorism, the Pentagon ...

Guantanamo Bay, Terrorism, Militant Islam

The Gitmo Myth and the Torture Canard

Thu, May 21, 2009 at 1:34 pm PDT

An excellent piece at Commentary by Arthur Herman on the history and purpose of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, and the unceasing distortions and falsehoods promoted by far-left groups: The Gitmo Myth and the Torture Canard. The standard argument is that the public shift in attitude toward Gitmo was ...

Guantanamo Bay, Terrorism, Military Tribunals, Torture, Barack Obama

Senate Blocks Gitmo Closure

Wed, May 20, 2009 at 10:12 am PDT

Wow. Ninety to six. The honeymoon is over for Barack Obama and Congress: Senate votes to block funds for Guantanamo closure. WASHINGTON (AP) — In a major rebuke to President Barack Obama, the Senate voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to block the transfer of Guantanamo detainees to the United States ...

Guantanamo Bay, Terrorism, Military Tribunals, Barack Obama, Congress

That Tiny Popping Sound You Hear is the Exploding of Lefty Bloggers' Heads

Fri, May 15, 2009 at 11:05 am PDT

Another flip-flop from the Obama administration, and another case where we have to give him a thumbs-up for doing the right thing even though you can already hear the shrieking from the left: Obama revives tribunals for Gitmo detainees. WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he is restarting ...

Guantanamo Bay, Terrorism, Military Tribunals, Barack Obama

Krauthammer Parses the 'Torture' Claims

Fri, May 1, 2009 at 10:25 am PDT

Another excellent column from Charles Krauthammer: The Use of Torture and What Nancy Pelosi Knew. Torture is an impermissible evil. Except under two circumstances. The first is the ticking time bomb. An innocent’s life is at stake. The bad guy you have captured possesses information that could save this ...

Krauthammer, Guantanamo Bay, Terrorism, 9/11, CIA, Torture

An Epidemic of Amnesia

Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 9:50 am PDT

Former CIA director Porter J. Goss has a column in the Saturday Washington Post on the sudden “epidemic of amnesia” among House Democrats about harsh interrogation techniques: Security Before Politics. A disturbing epidemic of amnesia seems to be plaguing my former colleagues on Capitol Hill. After the Sept. 11, ...

Guantanamo Bay, Terrorism, 9/11, CIA, Torture

Gitmo Inmates to Be Released in US, Given 'Assistance'

Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 8:44 am PDT

President Barack Obama is not only planning to release Guantanamo Bay inmates into the United States—he’s going to give them welfare. President Barack Obama’s intelligence chief confirmed Thursday that some Guantanamo inmates may be released on US soil and receive assistance to return to society. “If we are to ...

Guantanamo Bay, Terrorism, 9/11, Barack Obama

Video: Inside Guantanamo

Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 3:45 pm PDT

The National Geographic Channel has an interesting show coming up in April, a look at day-to-day operations Inside Guantanamo. [Video]

Guantanamo Bay, Terrorism, 9/11, Al Qaeda

Eric Holder Says Gitmo Prisoners Might Be Released in the US

Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 7:04 pm PDT

Well, isn’t this lovely: Some Guantanamo prisoners could be released in U.S. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Some of the Guantanamo Bay prisoners could be released into the United States while others could be put on trial in the American court system, Attorney General Eric Holder said on Wednesday. ...

Guantanamo Bay, Terrorism, 9/11, Barack Obama, Terrorism

Europe Suddenly Wary of Gitmo Detainees

Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 9:26 pm PDT

The European countries who screamed the loudest for Guantanamo Bay to be closed are now hedging on accepting detainees for resettlement. European countries that have offered to help the Obama administration close the detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, by resettling detainees have begun raising questions about the security ...

Guantanamo Bay, Terrorism, 9/11, Barack Obama

Obama Abandons 'Enemy Combatant'

Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 12:55 pm PDT

The Justice Department says they will no longer describe the detainees at Guantanamo Bay as “enemy combatants.” WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration is abandoning one of President George W. Bush’s key phrases in the war on terrorism: enemy combatant. In court filings Friday, the Justice Department said it ...

Guantanamo Bay, Terrorism, 9/11, Barack Obama

Another Guantanamo Detainee Becomes Suicide Bomber

Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 8:09 am PST

Another prisoner released from Guantanamo turns suicide bomber, and the Washington Post finds a way to blame it on the US: A ‘Ticking Time Bomb’ Goes Off. But there is also a view in some quarters of the U.S. government that cases such as Ajmi’s are the inevitable result ...

Guantanamo Bay, Terrorism, Militant Islam, Suicide Bombing

Obama Drops Charges Against USS Cole Bomber

Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 2:12 pm PST

The Barack Obama administration has dropped all charges against the mastermind of the USS Cole bombing. WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon’s senior judge overseeing terror trials at Guantanamo Bay dropped charges Thursday against an al-Qaida suspect in the 2000 USS Cole bombing, upholding President Barack Obama’s order to freeze ...

Guantanamo Bay, Terrorism, 9/11, Barack Obama, USS Cole

American Muslim Teenager Murdered by Ex-Gitmo Detainee

Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 9:38 am PST

An American Muslim teenager killed in a bombing by an ex-Gitmo detainee—ignored by mainstream media.

Guantanamo Bay, Terrorism, 9/11, Barack Obama

More Innocent Torture Victims Suddenly Become Jihad Warriors

Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 9:29 am PST

More freed Guantanamo detainees return to terrorism. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Eleven Saudis who were released from Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and then passed through a Saudi rehabilitation program for former jihadists are now believed to have fled the country and joined terrorist groups abroad, Saudi officials said ...

Guantanamo Bay, Terrorism, 9/11, Barack Obama

Obama Suddenly Worried About Freeing Gitmo Terrorists

Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 11:38 am PST

Oh. So now Barack Obama is suddenly concerned that freed Guantanamo detainees might attack America again. After signing orders that will free them. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said in an interview aired on Monday he worried that detainees freed from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo, Cuba, ...

Guantanamo Bay, Terrorism, 9/11, Barack Obama

Guantanamo Judge Denies Obama's Request

Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 3:11 pm PST

The top judge of the Guantanamo military tribunals has denied Barack Obama’s request to freeze the military commissions. “On its face, the request to delay the arraignment is not reasonable,” the judge, Army Col. James Pohl, wrote in his three-page ruling denying a prosecution request to delay Nashiri’s first ...

Guantanamo Bay, Terrorism, 9/11, Barack Obama

'Innocent' Gitmo Detainee Suddenly Becomes Jihadi Warrior

Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 10:29 am PST

When Abu al-Hareth Muhammad al-Oufi was imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay, he loudly, continually protested his innocence. He claimed he was on his way to Pakistan to help refugees, out of the kindness of his heart. Now that he’s resurfaced in Yemen as an Al Qaeda fighter, suddenly his story has ...

Guantanamo Bay, Terrorism, 9/11, Barack Obama

WSJ: Obama's Gitmo Gamble

Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 9:53 am PST

Peter Brown says that by closing Guantanamo Bay, Barack Obama is gambling none of the released detainees will come back to haunt him in 2012. By ordering the closing of the Guantanamo Bay prison and taking the fate its detainees out of his own hands, President Barack Obama is ...

Guantanamo Bay, Terrorism, 9/11, Barack Obama

9/11 Family Member Appalled at Obama's Gitmo Closing

Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 5:30 pm PST

A 9/11 family member chides the new President for closing Guantanamo terror camp. With his shameful order to close Guantanamo Bay, President Obama has perfectly filled the stereotype of the classic clueless ultra-Liberal - the one who can generate great passion for the rights of the guilty defendant and ...

Guantanamo Bay, Terrorism, 9/11, Barack Obama

US Embassy in Yemen Attacked

Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 2:45 pm PST

There was a shooting attack today at a checkpoint near the US embassy in Yemen: Yemen: Gunshots fired near US embassy. SAN’A, Yemen – Gunmen in a car exchanged fire Monday with police at a checkpoint near the U.S. Embassy in Yemen’s capital, an Interior Ministry official said, hours ...

Yemen, Al Qaeda, Terrorism, Guantanamo Bay

Europe Considers Welcoming 60 Gitmo Detainees

Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 9:45 am PST

Europe has been overwhelmingly sympathetic to the terror suspects imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay, so this seems like a very good idea. France is pushing for European Union countries to take 60 of the detainees deemed innocent but at risk of torture in their home country, according to a report ...

Guantanamo Bay, Terrorism, 9/11, Barack Obama

Straight Outta Gitmo

Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 8:25 am PST

According to some estimates, at least 10 percent of the Al Qaeda terrorists released from Guantanamo Bay immediately return to the jihad, and here’s the latest example: Report: Ex-Gitmo detainee joins al-Qaida in Yemen. CAIRO, Egypt – A Saudi man released from Guantanamo after spending nearly six years inside ...

Guantanamo Bay, Terrorism, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, 9/11, Barack Obama

Obama Prepares to Close Gitmo

Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 9:53 am PST

On his first day in office, Barack Obama is preparing to keep one of his promises to the international left: Draft order calls for closing Guantanamo Bay. WASHINGTON (AP) — The new Obama administration circulated a draft executive order Wednesday that calls for closing the controversial detention center at ...

Guantanamo Bay, Terrorism, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, 9/11, Barack Obama

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