Posted on 10/30/2014 2:50:19 PM PDT by jazusamo
Republican lawmakers called Thursday for the Obama administration to suspend detainee transfers from Guantanamo Bay following a Fox News report that as many as 20 to 30 former prisoners are suspected by intelligence and Defense officials of having joined forces with the Islamic State and other militant groups inside Syria.
Some of those former Guantanamo detainees were released within the last three years.
Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., said in a statement the development "underscores the risks we face when Guantanamo detainees are released based on a misguided desire to close Guantanamo -- rather than the national security interests of the United States."
She urged President Obama to suspend further transfers "at least until a thorough review can be conducted to better understand how many former Guantanamo detainees have joined ISIS and what we can do to prevent such an outcome in the future."
Ayotte also wrote to Obama seeking more information about former detainees who have joined with the Islamic State, or ISIS, saying troops "should never have to confront a former Guantanamo detainee on the battlefield."
Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, earlier agreed that "even one" former detainee on the battlefield "would not make someone wearing the uniform very content."
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Pathetic.
Kneecap ‘em before release. /S
My son captured one of the guys who ended up in Gitmo. He and his men risked their lives to get the guy and we all would have been better off if they had just killed him on the spot. I think the current special ops people just go for the kill now..hopefully. Then gather up the phones, notes and computers and leave.
“Kneecap ‘em before release. /S”
Why sarcasm? As part of their exit interview I would inoculate them...with something deadly that would take 36 to 48 hours to kick in. Ship them home and two days later they drop dead.
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