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7:55 PM, Mar 5, 2012 • By THOMAS JOSCELYNThe Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) has released new summary statistics on the recidivism of former Guantanamo detainees. 167 ex-Gitmo detainees are now either “confirmed” or “suspected” of reengaging in “terrorist or insurgent activities” after their release, according to the ODNI’s latest estimate.
Read more... 4:00 PM, Feb 17, 2012 • By THOMAS JOSCELYNDuring a hearing on Thursday, Democratic senator Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, publicly doubted the Obama administration’s decision to consider transferring five senior Taliban leaders from Guantanamo to Qatar.
Read more... 2:17 PM, Jan 18, 2012 • By THOMAS JOSCELYNThere is controversy at Guantanamo over a policy that allows authorities to review attorney-client communications. The Associated Press reports on one reason this policy was implemented in the first place:
Read more... 5:44 PM, Jan 11, 2012 • By THOMAS JOSCELYNTen years ago this week, the U.S. government opened the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba detention facility. And three years ago this month, shortly after his inauguration, President Barack Obama ordered Guantanamo shuttered within one year. For a variety of reasons, Gitmo remains open, with approximately 171 detainees still detained there. And so, human rights organizations, detainee lawyers, and former detainees are doing their best to shame the U.S. government into closing the facility.
Read more... 2:09 PM, Sep 14, 2011 • By THOMAS JOSCELYN
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... 9:34 AM, Aug 5, 2011 • By THOMAS JOSCELYN
One of the most widely publicized controversies in Australia this week involves former Guantanamo detainee David Hicks. Hicks pled guilty to providing material support for terrorism before a military commission at Gitmo as part of a plea bargain and was repatriated to Australia shortly thereafter in 2007. Hicks and his many advocates have been trying to overturn that plea deal ever since.
Read more... 4:32 PM, Jul 19, 2011 • By THOMAS JOSCELYN
On Saturday, Benjamin Wittes and Robert Chesney published another response at the Lawfare Blog to questions I think Matthew Olsen, who has been nominated for the position of National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) director, should be asked at his forthcoming Senate confirmation hearing. Wittes and Chesney spend most their time arguing against positions I do not hold, have not advocated, and are not relevant in this debate. While they concede important ground, they simply miss the “larger” point that I have made altogether.
Read more... A response to Benjamin Wittes and Robert Chesney. 2:45 PM, Jul 15, 2011 • By THOMAS JOSCELYN
My suggestion that Matthew Olsen answer questions about his work on the Guantanamo Review Task Force during his Senate confirmation hearing has clearly struck a nerve at the Lawfare Blog. There are two posts replying to my original piece – one by Benjamin Wittes and another by Robert Chesney.
Read more... 10:35 AM, Jul 13, 2011 • By THOMAS JOSCELYN
On July 1, President Obama announced that he was nominating Matthew Olsen for the position of National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) director. Olsen has served in a number of national security-related government positions, including as the head of Obama’s Guantanamo Review Task Force.
Read more... 5:04 PM, May 31, 2011 • By DANIEL HALPERThe Department of Justice has filed charges against five terrorists who are currently being held at Gitmo. This means, as Shepard Smith reports, that KSM and four other terrorists "will likely face trial before a U.S. military commission at Guantanamo Bay."
Read more... 12:45 PM, May 13, 2011 • By THOMAS JOSCELYN
Reuters has published its account of the hunt for Osama bin Laden. Like other versions of the story that have come out, this one says that the key information about the courier who unwittingly led authorities to bin Laden’s Abbottabad compound came from Hassan Ghul – an al Qaeda operative who was captured in Iraq.
Read more... 8:12 AM, May 13, 2011 • By THOMAS JOSCELYN
A recently leaked threat assessment prepared at Guantanamo draws into question the Obama administration’s analysis of a detainee who was transferred to Yemen shortly before all future transfers to the unstable nation were suspended.
Read more... 9:45 AM, May 11, 2011 • By THOMAS JOSCELYN
In the aftermath of Osama bin Laden’s death, the Washington Post ran a four-part series by men and women who had their “lives shattered and transformed by” the terror master. One of the contributors was especially curious: former Guantanamo detainee Moazzam Begg.
Read more... From the Scrapbook.May 16, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 33 • By THE SCRAPBOOK
In the midst of the Osama bin Laden news last week occurred one of those quiet cultural transitions that catch The Scrapbook’s attention. We are speaking of the death, in Stamford, Connecticut, of 91-year-old Hubert J. Schlafly Jr.
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