Merry Band Of Idiots

clipped from jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com On second thought, maybe we ought to close Club Gitmo. THE Pentagon now confirms that at least 74 former Guantanamo detainees have resumed terror ist activities after claiming they weren't terrorists. Such recidivism points up an alarming intelligence failure. These dangerous prisoners should never have been cleared for release. Why did interrogators fail to find the cracks in their stories and alibis? Why wasn't more intelligence gathered to predict they'd rejoin al Qaeda or the Taliban? In a word, politics. Gitmo interrogations have been emasculated to placate critics of waterboarding and other "torture," say two senior officials there. Another Gitmo recidivist, Slimane Hadj Abderahmane, laughed at the anti-violence agreement he signed. Once free, he re-engaged in terror and said, "This document is toilet paper for the Americans if they want it." Read the rest if you want to become really depressed this afternoon.