Released Guantanamo Bay prisoners have killed Americans, Senior Defense Official says

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Americans have been killed by prisoners released from the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a senior Defense Department official told lawmakers Wednesday, triggering sharp criticism from Republicans opposed to shuttering the facility in the wake of deadly attacks by the Islamic State group in Brussels and Paris.
 

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That shouldn't be surprising. A lot of prisoners who we have no right or reason to keep imprisoned go on to commit larger and greater crimes. We would be safer if we locked up everyone who we had a disturbing feeling about and threw away the key. Our safety is important, but not so important that we should do wrong in order to preserve it.
 
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From the article.
"The Director of National Intelligence reported this month that 5 percent of Guantanamo prisoners released since January 2009, when the U.S. began using the multi-agency screening process, have re-engaged in terrorism and 8 percent are suspected of it. That compares to 21 percent confirmed and 14 percent suspected under the earlier system."

Have we missed the headlines that report the attacks these men have perpetrated? I'm sure the media would have included , "former Guantanamo Bay detainee...." in their reporting.

The number of detainees released under Obama is slight probably because George W.Bush Jr. emptied out Guantanamo of far more in the years prior.
Imagine what's to happen when Obama has less than a year in office.
 
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