[autumnraine]

The left going nuts over this.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

I’m suspicious of anyone who worked for Colin Powell.

[RexBeach]

Is this story true?

[Izzy Dunne]

I’m sure that Semi-Colon Powell’s lackey would call it straight, yes sir.

[Dudoight]

What a load of crap! Innocent of what?

[BluH2o]

More BS for you as you drink your AM coffee.

[A_perfect_lady]

All the Americans who died on 9/11 were innocent, and the Muslim world celebrated. So I don’t really give a damn.

[Bahbah]

Wilkerson is a liar. It’s just that simple.

[Berlin_Freeper]

The Bush administration did release many from Gitmo but how were they supposed to be sure what information against them another country had or did not have?

That is like blaming someone for not knowing what is in their neighbors refrigerator.

[Common Sense 101]

If all of the Gitmo detainess were captured while on the battlefield, how could any of them be innocent? Perhaps one or two of them were delivering pizza and just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time... BS!

[major-pelham]

Someone can give some background on Wilkerson ? Sounds like a traitor to me.

[SumProVita]

Hmmmm...why do I suspect that this information is NOT accurate?

[chickadee]

What does “innocent” mean in this context? Does it mean they were not active combatants against our military? They may very well have been taliban members that Afghanis and Pakistanis wished to be rid of.

Either way, I agree with the decision.

[Lockbar]

Anybody that worked for Colin Powell should be arrested and sent to Gitmo, as should his Chief A$$-Hat, Powell himself.

[HD1200]

I guess all those Nazi’s the French underground picked up and turned over to Americans as POW’s were wrongly detained also since there was zero evidence on them plus they were rewarded for turning over prisoners.

Heck, those wily French underground commanders could have just picked up any German and told him to put a Nazi uniform on or be shot.....

[nolongerademocrat]

“Minority Report” - We just captured them BEFORE they had time to become guilty. Yeah, that’s the ticket...

[silverleaf]

Does not sound at all in character with George Bush, Dick Cheney, John Ashcroft, Tom Ridge or other honorable men we used to have in office or

I call BS on this one. And yes, the Colin Powell staff connection is not impressive.

[mlocher]

Wilkerson claims that Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld knew that the majority of the initial 742 detainees had been picked up, not by the US military, but by Afghans and Pakistanis for a bounty, and there was no evidence against them

Wilkerson is at least 3 levels away from the vice president. There is no way he knew what Cheney did or did not know. When I was in a large organization, the guy 3 levels above me hardly knew my name, let alone have frequent conversations with me. There was no way I would have known what his thoughts, unless the entire organization knew it.

A reality check here shows Wilkerson is nuts.

[HiTech RedNeck]

A comment from the original cited article, conveniently left out by Newser:

“A former associate to Mr Rumsfeld said that Mr Wilkerson’s assertions were completely untrue.”

[Tribune7]

majority of the initial 742 detainees had been picked up, not by the US military, but by Afghans and Pakistanis for a bounty,

Gitmo is not a penal institution but a detention facility. This means it's a place to put people until a matter is sorted out, and if someone is turned in for a bounty in a war zone that's pretty decent reason to detain them.

BTW, there are innocent people -- U.S. citizens no less -- who are detained every year in jails in every county in this country.

[Conservative Vermont Vet]

I am certain that this F'n, RINO, Moonbat, Lawrence Wilkerson, will produce the "documentation" to prove his assertion any day now.

Waiting......

The absurdity of this allegation is beyond clueless. HOW exactly would Cheney or anyone else KNOW that the suspected terrorist were in fact, "innocent?"