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Froomkin on the Faulty Claims Re: Recidivist Gitmo Detainees

By Jeralyn, Section Terror Detainees
Posted on Sat Jan 09, 2010 at 03:11:32 PM EST
Tags: Guantanamo, AQAP, Yemen Detainees (all tags)
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Dan Froomkin weighs in on the faulty claims perpetuated by the media that 1 in 7 released Guantanamo detainees have returned to the battlefield.

Here's the Pentagon's April 7 report entitled "Fact Sheet: Former Guantanamo Detainee Terrorism Trends" (which they uploaded as "return to the fight.") As we've reported before, the report has been debunked and criticized by a study directed by Seton Hall Law Professor Mark Denbeaux.

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