This is good news. Can't kill the bastards if they are locked up and secure! But, back home and in line of sight? Bang, you're dead. Problem solved.
" During a joint hearing of the Senate and House intelligence committees yesterday, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper testified that the recidivism rate for former Guantanamo detainees has risen to an estimated 27 percent. The total number of "confirmed" and "suspected" recidivists, according to Clapper, is now 161.-" Read more: <http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2011/09/guantanamo_recidivis.php#ixz z1Y7G2uKqo> http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2011/09/guantanamo_recidivis.php#ixzz 1Y7G2uKqo Guantanamo recidivism rate climbs higher By Thomas Joscelyn September 14, 2011 During a joint hearing of the Senate and House intelligence committees yesterday, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper testified that the recidivism rate for former Guantanamo detainees has risen to an estimated 27 percent. The total number of "confirmed" and "suspected" recidivists, according to Clapper, is now 161. The latest assessment is higher than the previous one offered by the DNI in December 2010. At the time, the DNI estimated that the recidivism rate was 25 percent, and included 150 "confirmed" and "suspected" recidivists. According to the DNI's December 2010 report, confirmed cases are those in which a "preponderance of information" identifies "a specific former GTMO detainee as directly involved in terrorist or insurgent activities." In suspected recidivism cases, "[p]lausible but unverified or single-source reporting" indicates "a specific former GTMO detainee is directly involved in terrorist or insurgent activities." Engaging in anti-US "statements or propaganda does not qualify as terrorist or insurgent activity" in either confirmed or suspected cases. The US government's estimate of the number of ex-Guantanamo detainees who have returned to jihad has steadily increased over time. In June 2008, the Defense Department reported that 37 former detainees were "confirmed or suspected" recidivists. On Jan. 13, 2009 -- seven months later -- Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell said that number had climbed to 61. By May 2009, when a recidivism assessment was leaked to The New York Times (the report was based on information available as of mid-March 2009), the Defense Dept. had found that the same metric had risen further to 74 -- exactly double the Pentagon's estimate just 11 months before. The Obama administration confirmed in February 2010 that the recidivism rate was then 20 percent, meaning that more than 100 former Guantanamo detainees were either "confirmed" or "suspected" recidivists at the time. By December 2010, the number had climbed even higher -- to 150 former detainees. And now, that estimate has risen again -- to 161 ex-Guantanamo detainees. "Many of them have been taken off the battlefield through kinetic encounters," Clapper explained, with respect to the recidivists. One of these "kinetic encounters" occurred earlier this month, when Afghan and Coalition security forces killed a former Guantanamo detainee named Sabar Lal Melma and captured another ex-Guantanamo detainee during a raid in Afghanistan. [See LWJ report, Ex-Gitmo detainee killed in Afghanistan <http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2011/09/ex-gitmo_detainee_ki_1.php> .] Melma, according to an International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) press release, was "a key affiliate of the al Qaeda network" and "responsible for attacks and financing insurgent operations in the Pech district, Kunar province." Melma was also "in contact with several senior al Qaeda members throughout Kunar and Pakistan." As of December 2010, most of the recidivists remained at large. The DNI reported that 13 were dead, 54 were "in custody," and an additional 83 remained "at large." The current breakdown of killed/captured versus at large recidivists is not publicly available. <http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2011/09/guantanamo_recidivis.php> Link <http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2011/09/guantanamo_recidivis-print.p hp> lwj-print-icon-2.jpg <http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2011/09/guantanamo_recidivis.php#com ments> Comments(7) <javascript:void(0)> ShareThis Find related articles: Afghanistan <http://www.longwarjournal.org/tags/Afghanistan/common/> , Guantanamo <http://www.longwarjournal.org/tags/Guantanamo/common/> , Recidivists <http://www.longwarjournal.org/tags/Recidivists/common/> READER COMMENTS: "Guantanamo recidivism rate climbs higher" Posted by Max at September 14, 2011 4:16 PM ET: "Oh yes, I promise to be a good muslim and continue in Jihad; OOPS, I meant struggle against the West; OOPS, I meant struggle against evil; I will not engage in terrorism, I will not engage in terrorism, I....grin!" Yea, and I've got some swampland at the north pole for anyone who believes that. Posted by Mr T at September 14, 2011 5:30 PM ET: Almost 1/3 are confirmed to continue the fight. That doesn't count the ones that are back in the fight but doing so under the radar, helping finance, recruit, or perform some other logistical work. It confirms that they should all stay in prison for life so they don't go out and take the lives of so many others. People are so concerned for the life of the terrorist. They don't give a damn about the lives of the people these murderers kill. They refuse to make that connection. 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