Some Freed Terrorism Detainees Return to the Fight
Just over 1 in 10 of those released from Guantánamo Bay are said to take up terrorist activities
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Who cares
You seem to be under a misconception about the term NOT GUILTY. People are found not guilty every day (like the 4 cops that beat Rodney King and OJ in the LA murder trial) in the face of solid evidence to the contrary. Because of our protections the very evidence needed to convict might be excluded because of the way it was gathered, because of the nature of the evidence, or because someone didn't properly present the evidence in court. Those four cops were shown on video tape and there was a lot of evidence against OJ; but they all were found not guilty. The better example is OJ where Furman was found to be lying about a non-related thing (use of the "N-word), which led to an overall indictment of the LAPD's investigation.
Now, Al Hussein Osama was turned lose because of an evidentiary blunder--there was a hole in the chain of evidence for some bomb making tools. This man is found not guilty and, if he becomes a terrorist again he is returning to terrorism.
But who cares, let's put it that one-in-seven released from Gitmo become members of a terrorist faction. Does that make it better? That one in seven is still a terrorist who might just kill someone you know or love.
Do you feel better because we got the terminology correct? Excellent.
If you think we're winning the war on terrorism, you deserve to be at the next target and with over 200 more in Gitmo, that means at least 28 more terrorists will be running around wanting to kill American and Israli citizens, regardless of their age and regardless of where they are; at home, at work; on vacation; hiding in France...they don't care nor do they care if the people they kill are 1 day old or 100 years old.
One note, by killing babies they are killing innocents which is a sin in any religion.
How can they "return to involvement in terrorism" if they were not found to be guilty of involvement in terrorism? If they were found guilty, did they serve their sentence? What is the rate of recidivism in the US prison system? Thanks for throwing out this red herring to scare up the fear mongers...
