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ANOTHER INFLATED GITMO RECIDIVISM REPORT?
CBS News reported on what appears to be a new Gitmo recidivism report from the Defense Intelligence Agency, where the recidivism rate has climbed to 18% from 14% in the last report. This is in contrast to what Defense Secretary Bob Gates has said, which is that the recidivism rate is closer to 4%.
The latter number is also the one that the New America Foundation came up with after taking a closer look at the Pentagon's numbers--which included former detainees who had given interviews to newspaper reporters, written books, or otherwise talked to the press.
Gates and New America said the recidivism rate is 4%. DIA says 18%. It's impossible to say whether the DIA is using the same flawed metrics employed in the April report until I get a copy, but as soon as I do I'll let you know.
-- A. Serwer
COMMENTS (1)
Simple logic:
If you believe the Bush administration was too stupid to know the guilty from the innocent, then it's logical that we'd be just as likely to release guilty people as incarcerate innocent people.
Posted by: Adam Herman | August 5, 2009 2:44 AM