The Pentagon called them "among the most dangerous, best-trained, vicious killers on the face of the earth," sweeping them up after Sept. 11 and hauling them in chains to a U.S. military prison in southeastern Cuba. Since then, hundreds of the men have been transferred from Guantanamo Bay to other countries, many of them for "continued detention." And then set free. Full Story »
Posted by David Patterson
Outstanding, important investigative journalism. The information is not presented in a particularly compelling manner, nor does Mr. Selsky make us feel much of a personal connection to the facts presented. but these are quibbles compared to the breadth of information provided.
A very fine piece, with quotations from several key stakeholders (former prisoners, head of Afghan Reconciliation Commission, etc) about the status of people transferred out of Gitmo. This article adheres to the guideline of saying WHY anonymity was granted to a source.
This is investigative reporting, which is good. But we are not given access to supporting evidence, and it is hard to find other sources. Quite a bit of information not found elsewhere. Covers several aspects of the story. Light on the U.S. government viewpoint, although I believe this is hard to get. One anonymous military source.
I really appreciate this valuable story. You can see where AP had to do a lot of work to pull it together. It is a shame that it took all this time to recognize the pattern here, of our U.S. government releasing detainees by subterfuge (i.e., knowing full well that they will not be "further detained" in the destination country). I have one criticism, though. The numbers are hard to follow. Near the top is says roughy 360 have been released to 26 countries. Then it says the AP has tracked 245 of them, in 17 countries. Then, that 205 were either freed without charges of cleared of charges. THEN it says, "Overall, about 165 Guantanamo detainees have been transferred from Guantanamo for "continued detention," while about 200 were ... More »
This gives a great overview of thew dilemma of the Guatnanamo detainess. While it leans a bit towards the horror stories of the detainess, (such as the overseas prosecutors and the detainees lawyers), it also gives the US State dept side of the story as well.
Our Government owes reperations to these illegally detained so called illegal enemy combatants. Good report simply because I just needed to know. I can only assume it's veracity. "We" can only hope an intelligent world understands that no small number of ordinary American citizens are as "puzzled" by this US "official" detention practice as they are.
Very good journalism as it keeps us informed of those acts of that Official souces would like to keep secretive. THe goal of keeping the public informed is definitely reached with news like this.
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