"Back to the battlefield" the republican song.....

For as long as I have been representing Guantanamo detainees (10 years now--sigh) the republican's have claimed that detainees have "returned" to the battle field- the numbers have gone up and down but the rallying cry has always been the same.So I guess we should not be surprised that this rallying cry has reared its ugly (and false) head again in senate hearings. Fortunately the pentagon is not listening as expressed by the department of defense "The question on closing the detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is not whether to do it, but rather is how to do it, a senior Defense Department official said on Capitol Hill yesterday." Read the rest here.
Al-Jazeera has more here on the "recidivists." The Guardian reports that there are six men known to have engaged in hostilities after being released. Six out of 900--- and that is reason enough for some to suggest that the remaining men should never be released.....