That's it...just keep releasing them, dimwit...

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration released six Guantánamo detainees to other countries on Thursday, including four Chinese Muslims whose cases drew wide attention as the president has struggled to meet his goal of closing the prison by January.

No comment in the story about consideration of returning the Uighur Chinese Muslims to western China. Do you want to know why?

China would just disappear the 17 and classify them as "organ donors." They wouldn't bother with humanity in the least. Instead, the Uighurs head to Bermuda and the Pacific nation of Palau.

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WASHINGTON — An unreleased Pentagon report concludes that about one in seven of the 534 prisoners already transferred abroad from the detention center in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, has returned to terrorism or militant activity, according to administration officials.

The conclusion could strengthen the arguments of critics who have warned against the transfer or release of any more detainees as part of President Obama’s plan to shut down the prison by January. Past Pentagon reports on Guantánamo recidivism have been met with skepticism from civil liberties groups and criticized for their lack of detail.

The New York Times needs to finish their sentence above:

"The conclusion could strengthen the arguments of critics who have warned against the transfer or release of any more detainees as part of President Obama's plan to shut down the prison by January....unless we can distort, delude, and otherwise shape the factual reference that 74 detainees returned to killing innocents because we wanted to stick it to George W. Bush."

There...that's better.

“It’s part of a campaign to win the hearts and minds of history for Guantánamo,” said Mark P. Denbeaux, a professor at Seton Hall University School of Law who has represented Guantánamo detainees and co-written three studies highly critical of the Pentagon’s previous recidivism reports. “They want to be able to claim there really were bad people there.”

Mr. Denbeaux acknowledged that some of the named detainees had engaged in verifiable terrorist acts since their release, but he said his research showed that their numbers were small.

“We’ve never said there weren’t some people who would return to the fight,” Mr. Denbeaux said. “It seems to be unavoidable. Nothing is perfect.”

If you go to Seton Hall and you have this guy for a class...do this:

1. Ask for 74 extra credit points on all tests and quizzes. As the good professor points out, it is a very small number and shouldn't make a difference.

2. When you receive a red mark for making an error on a test, request that it be removed because...after all...nothing is perfect.

3. Write at least three highly critical studies on Professor Denbeaux and submit them to the Dean of Academic Affairs.

Cheers,
The Worm

Put the bloody morons on E-Bay...

Mr. Holder said that of the 241 inmates still held in Guantánamo Bay, 30 could now be released. In the coming weeks, he said, specific countries in Europe would be asked to take specific detainees. The U.S. authorities will share “sufficient information” with any receiving countries “about why the inmates had been held in Guantánamo and how they conducted themselves during that time.”

During WW II, German POW's used to work the apple orchards in Pennsylvania (among other places). Of course, they weren't considered victims back then. They were enemy combatants.

I find it amusing that our Attorney General is in Europe literally begging for the EU to take over the care, custody and control of these Jihadist cretins while piling on a heaping helping of "righting a wrong." It shows the country in a weakening state while portraying our current Administration as the "white knight of justice." Of course, to be able to accept the former and the latter, you would have to be a mouth breathing idiot...and we have plenty of those.

Smart money is on Chicago...

GENEVA – Former detainees, human rights advocates and government officials around the world welcomed President Barack Obama's decision to close the Guantanamo Bay detention centre, saying Thursday it helped restore their faith in the United States.

The United Nations' torture investigator, Manfred Nowak, said news that Obama will order the prison closed, review military trials of terror suspects and end harsh interrogations was a sign of goodwill by the new American administration.

Former detainees, human rights advocates and government officials around the world hardly represent, in my opinion, a substantive collection of intellectual prowess. I suppose, rather than harboring any ill will on the President I’ll start a pool here at the office.

I’m guessing that Chicago’s days are numbered. If I had to make a choice of the lesser of all evils, I’d take Los Angeles in the pool. But, smart money is on Mr. President’s home state.

Do I think any of these incarcerated "victims" will end up wreaking vengeance, and be personally responsible for a dastardly terrorist attack here on American soil or abroad? That's not the point. It's possible...but I'm more concerned about the idiotic and shortsighted message this sends to those Jihadist troglodytes out there. They have just been told that there is one less deterrent to their ultimate agenda (DOMINATION). It is no wonder that the "leaders" and "officials" throughout the world applaud this nonsense. They have already caved and capitulated to "soft Jihad" disguised as "human rights" and "multi-cuturalism." Now the dark forces out there know we will follow suit. Were I a terrorist today, I would be celebrating...as the drawbridge has been fully lowered over a once impressive mote.

But he warned that shutting the prison will require difficult decisions and said freed inmates should be allowed to sue the United States if they were mistreated.

Nice...our new President is actually encouraging civil suits that would, no doubt, be honored by the Federal Judges appointed by the bygone Clinton and Carter administrations. Once a plaintiff attorney...always a plaintiff attorney. I suppose this is his idea of a tax refund. As we've learned from the Presidents economic stimulus proposal...you don't really have to pay taxes to receive something back.

Being a cold-hearted bastard...I will shed no tears when massive terrorist events occur abroad. In my mind, I will wonder if the event could have been avoided had information been acquired at the, once, successful interrogation facility that was known as GITMO. I will be a bit more invested when the same wave of bloody turmoil occurs on our own soil, but my concern and compassion will only be for those who oppose this "stroke of a pen...new law...kind of cool" idiocy. Those of you who perish, and strongly object to Fraternity Hijinks labeled as torture...I will shed no tears.

Take a look at the photo above. Do you see what everyone is doing with their hands. They're searching for their marbles and coming up woefully inadequate. The naïveté is astounding.

Uh....your mom is...ummm...fat

Tim Blair at the Daily Telegraph (incidentally...voted Best Blog Down Under) outlines for your convenience the accusations of torture at Gitmo as stated by Susan Crawford. The recipient was Mohammed al-Qahtani according to Crawford, a Pentagon official.

• Forty-eight of 54 consecutive days of 18-to-20-hour interrogations.

• Standing naked in front of a female agent.

• Subject to strip searches.

• Insults to his mother and sister.

• Threatened with a military working dog named Zeus.

• Forced to wear a woman’s bra.

• Had a thong placed on his head.

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Personally, I'm not impressed:

• Forty-eight of 54 consecutive days of 18-to-20-hour interrogations.

Did it in college, from a certain point of view. I got stuck in a couple Urban Studies elective courses due to a lack of seniority during the registration process. On the first day, upon hearing that minorities have been (and continue be) oppressed by the white authority, I made the mistake of inquiring as to who, specifically, made up this sinister “white authority.” Imagine my surprise when I was informed by the minority professor, that I was a full fledged member based solely on my skin tone. Good Lord… Up until this point, no one would let me join anything. Everyone likes to be included, and I was no exception. I was, also, the only “white guy” in the class, so that allowed me a certain level of self-importance such that each issue discussed during the semester would not be complete without my added words of contribution as a card carrying member of the “White Proletariat.” I am a strong believer in the power of diversity.

The discussion, over time, became more and more pointed. It wasn’t long until name calling entered the fray as the rest of the class joined the professor in heated exchanges between them and me. They interrogated me on my lineage, and suggested reparations right there in class. My books were “misplaced” on a regular basis as was my pride. After 48 consecutive days of these heated exchanges, I finally cracked and made the only choice I had left. I renounced my “white authority” and secured a student discounted membership to the “Tan-R-ific” tanning salon to show skin tone solidarity.

• Standing naked in front of a female agent.

Did it in college…although it was more fun to stand in front of the French Maid, or the Jungle Temptress. My girlfriend at the time was an English major with access to the Drama Club storage area.

• Subject to strip searches.

Did it in college. It was, of course, preceded by the simple phrase…”I have a present for you in one of my pockets.” The fact that the falsehood worked continuously without payoff suggests that my dating standards weren’t necessarily tailored towards the cerebral.

• Insults to his mother and sister.

Did it in college. At least, I think I did. It was a wild graduation party and it is entirely possible that they were related in some fashion. Hey…you hoard the blanket, you risk verbal abuse. These are hard and fast rules.

• Threatened with a military working dog named Zeus.

Did this in college, but the dog was, affectionately, named Mange. No one knew his real name…or owner. He just meandered throughout the apartment complex begging out a few scraps here and there. This particular dog really didn’t put too much stock in hygiene as was demonstrated by the unbelievable stench and mud-caked coat. It had become a tradition of sorts to welcome Mange into our humble abode each time someone visiting had the temerity to over-indulge and require a session of mandatory catatonic rest. Perhaps the cagey canine didn’t have an impressive and aggressive name like “Zeus.” But, there’s nothing more breath-takingly frightening than waking up half in the bag only to see a mess of mud tangled locks that smell like the south end of a horse.

• Forced to wear a woman’s bra.

Did it in college…but was not mandatory. Someone had the brilliant idea that the best way to sneak adult libations into a Joe Jackson concert was by means of “hidden pockets.” I froze my bloody nipples off, but I didn’t sag. They were longnecks.

• Had a thong placed on his head.

Did it in college…and I wasn’t alone. One of my roommates (who is now a full bird Colonel in the Army) and I had Kamikaze pilot helmets (the old leather ones). Every so often, after a few liquid refreshments, we would go visit some of our more prudish sorority sister friends and trade our mission headgear for a more pedestrian look. It never solicited the response we were looking for, but I don’t claim to be a sophisticated lady’s man.

On a side note, we had a friend who had acquired the nickname of “Scrounger.” He was one of those young men who had no difficulty admiring the personality of a young woman over her more physical attributes. One fine evening, I walked in (quite accidentally) on one of his conquests and him. At that particular moment, “Scrounger” was wearing, not only, a thong on his head. He was wearing the woman attached to the thong. His continued exploits in that regard could, arguably, account for the flatness of his head.

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Andrea Harris knows what I'm thinking:

Is that the best we’ve got? Come on! What have we been doing with this reputation we’ve been building up for being a ruthless, warmongering, baby-killing, ice-cream-from-kids-snatching, old-lady-pushing-to-the-ground, rough, tough, mean hegemonic empire for? What about thumbscrews? What about iron maidens? What about the rack???

Real torture is being confined to the waiting room of your dentist in advance of a root canal marathon with only one ten year old magazine highlighting the "Best of Susan Sontag" while a musical produced in India plays jaggedly in the background. Gitmo seems to be more tuned into the sophomoric hijinks-type shenanigans.