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Worst of the worst is certainly what the media parroted. However, from 2011 A newly found 2003 memo by former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld appears to dire
by SapporoChris 2y ago
Worst of the worst is certainly what the media parroted. However, from 2011
A newly found 2003 memo by former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld appears to directly contradict claims that Guantanamo held only the “worst of the worst” suspected terrorists.
“We need to stop populating Guantanamo Bay (GTMO) with low-level enemy combatants,” Rumsfeld says in the memo, addressed to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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- jfengel 2y agoThat was almost certainly true in 2003. Some prisoners have been moved out since then. I don't actually know whether what remains truly is the "worst of the worst". I'm willing to accept it for the sake of argument: even if it's true, we look like monsters for not affording them a trial after a quarter-century.