Saturday, August 13, 2016

Half of Those Remaining at Gitmo are Cleared for Release

Half of Those Remaining at Gitmo are Cleared for Release - The DENISE SIMON EXPERIENCE Blog
There remains a key question to be asked: If those remaining are not a risk or a threat then why has it taken a more than a decade to form this conclusion? Additional questions include how much are we paying other countries to take a detainee as no agreements or conditions have ever been published.
Is this the right time to be doing this? Not so much as noted here:
Key takeaways in this month’s Terror Threat Snapshot include:
– There have been 24 ISIS-linked plots or attacks against Western targets in the first half of 2015, up from 19 in all of last year.
– The number of homegrown terror plots since 9/11 has reached 116, tripling in just the past five years.
– Foreign fighters continue to flow into Syria and Iraq.  There has been an 80 percent increase in fighters traveling to the conflict zone since ISIS declared its “caliphate” one year ago.
– More than 200 Americans are believed to have traveled—or attempted to travel—to fight in Syria, a 33 percent increase overall since the beginning of this year.
Half of Guantánamo’s uncharged captives are OK’d to go..."

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