Posts Tagged ‘Guantanamo Bay’
We’re giving al Qaeda the moral high ground
I am not sure how an American, even one who works for Human Rights Watch, can believe that an organization that beheads, burns and otherwise brutally murders women and children, not to mention any soldier they capture, could possible think America is ceding the “high ground” by not closing Gitmo. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLmwaeY2Tnk My soldier friends assure…
Read MoreCould rendition program be considered torture?
By scheduling the shut down of Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay and CIA secret facilities in other countries, President Obama – almost by default – has chosen to expand the rendition program that involves turning captured terrorists over to their home countries for interrogation. Morrissey at Hot Air has more. Renditions created a huge global controversy…
Read MoreEurope wants Gitmo closed, will not commit to accept detainees
As many countries in Europe demanded the United States close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, they refused efforts by the Bush administration to provide asylum or refugee status to prisoners who were ready for release. In Berlin yesterday, 27 members of the European Union made a weak attempt to support the new administration by offering…
Read MoreRehabbed Guantanamo terrorists buy video camera
Two former guests at Camp Delta – it is now confirmed – are back in the fight after progressing through an otherwise successful Saudi rehabilitation program for jihadists after their release from Guantanamo. This is not surprising since there is a get-arrested-and-return-to-prision rate of more than 50 percent here in the United States, so one in ten…
Read MoreClosing Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay – without a plan
Today, President Obama signed an Executive Order to delay a decision his administration will soon need to make. By signing the order within the first 48 hours of his presidency, he throws a bone to the liberal left, placates them with a quick salvo fired at Bush, and kicks the can down the road. The can…
Read MoreWe need a National Terrorist Offender Registry
We’re finding out some information concerning the recidivism rate of terrorists who have been released from Guantanamo Bay. Some – not the majority – seem to be going back to the fight. With that knowledge in hand I’d like to suggest a National Terrorist Offender Registry. Welcome Michelle Malkin readers! We could make them register…
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