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Wednesday, June 4, 2014

The "High Value" of the Gitmo Detainees

The Bowe Bergdahl Controversy Could Be Politics At Its Very Worst (Sam Stein) from the Huffington Post
"When Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Tuesday morning that "this was likely the last, best opportunity to free him," the key word was "best." ... Ken Gude noted at ThinkProgress that because none of the five prisoners were "facing charges in either military or civilian courts for their actions" and because the war is coming to an end, they had to be released anyway. John Bellinger, a former Bush administration lawyer, made a virtually identical point:"

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