The Obama administration has released more Gitmo detainees, high recidivism rate be damned:
#BREAKING: US sends home four Afghan Guantanamo detainees: Pentagon
— AFP news agency (@AFP) December 20, 2014
BREAKING: 4 Gitmo detainees released to Afghanistan – 132 remain at Gitmo
— Shannon Bream (@ShannonBream) December 20, 2014
Guantanamo: Four Prisoners Freed By US http://t.co/cQWHTZzf6y
— Sky News (@SkyNews) December 20, 2014
The hits keep on coming. RT @rebeccafeldman: US releases four Gitmo prisoners to Afghanistan http://t.co/2htMXxPYtb
— David Limbaugh (@DavidLimbaugh) December 20, 2014
The number of detainees at Gitmo continues to dwindle:
The Defense Department said all four men had been “unanimously approved for transfer” by the president’s interagency Guantanamo Review Task Force, which examines the possible security ramifications of releasing prisoners from the facility.
The transfers will bring the prison’s population down to 131, with 63 of the remaining detainees already cleared for removal.
Obama is determined to shut down Gitmo one way or another:
https://twitter.com/kesgardner/status/546345097814495232
@ShannonBream why doesn't he just release them and send them back to terrorize us some more?
— Terri Hendry (@thendry361) December 20, 2014
Oh great. I guess we can look forward to more #PeshawarAttack
That's what they do and why they were there
— Dinca (@dinca1955) December 20, 2014
@ShannonBream Great idea !! The good thing is they rarely come back and commit acts of terror after they are freed….NOT !!
— William Michael D (@wmdavid66) December 20, 2014
@ShannonBream Afghanistan? Great, just added more Taliban. I'm sure they are soft and spoiled now though.
— T J Turner (@tjkturner) December 20, 2014
@ShannonBream A Xmas present to our troops from the commander I assume?
— swallwell is a farter (@wiupopeye85) December 20, 2014
@DavidLimbaugh @rebeccafeldman He is going to close Gitmo one way or the other. Much easier now with a lease agreement change with Cuba…
— Gene Baker (@GeneBaker1) December 20, 2014
https://twitter.com/mikemerc57/status/546342817325670400
A reminder:
Pres Obama says he'll look for a way around Congressional restrictions on transferring remaining detainees out of Gitmo.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) December 19, 2014
Congressional restrictions? What congressional restrictions?
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