550 detainees from Guantanamo to be released

[knowbody0]

me thinks this is awesome

[SoCalDem]

1. I think the Bush admin is starting to cover its ass..

They probably see the handwriting on the wall :)

[muriel_volestrangler]

4. This is presumably from the Financial Times story

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/192851d2-163b-11d9-b835-00000e2511c8.html

Note there's not idea of when they will be released (and strictly, it's "most" of the 550 that the deputy commander expects to be released).

"Most of these guys weren't fighting. They were running. Even if somebody has been found to be an enemy combatant, many of them will be released because they will be of low intelligence value and low threat status."

[JohnOneillsMemory]

2. Hmm. Are they broken and docile now? Or pissed and vindictive?

What an indictment of the Whirr on Terra. -spit-

[teryang]

3. Bremer had to get out of baghdad to avoid UN auditors

The prisoners at GITMO need to spred to the four corners of the globe so that their experiences can be lost to history.