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could this vow to close gitmo be another way that o is divisive? is it a way to flex his muscles? is it his way of saying to all american citizens that he is supreme? how many times must we hear that he is not a king and can't do something by his own words and then he takes out his magic eraser and pretends he never said it and does what he says he cannot do? hasn't he already said and also by actions that he sides with muslims over our judeo-christian foundation? has he not called isis contained and jv? my proposal is that if O does not fear those he wants to release from gitmo, then these gitmo prisoners should remain with the obama family for a minimum of 5 years no matter where the obamas live and travel. betcha he would never abide by that but he doesn't seem to comprehend that he has released gitmo detainees among innocent americans....does he care? i doubt it because he is a narcissist and focusing only on himself (remember when he told americans to tighten their belts and then he and his family spends mega millions of luxury vacations?)
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02-23-2016 12:27 PM
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Accused bin Laden bodyguard released from Guantanamo
CBSNews - 21 hrs ago
MIAMI -- A man from Yemen who spent the past 14 years in custody at Guantanamo Bay has been freed and sent to the Balkan nation of Montenegro, the Pentagon said Wednesday, marking the start of what is expected to be a new round of releases from the U.S. base in Cuba.
U.S. officials cleared Abdel Malik Abdel Wahab al-Rahabi for release in March 2014 after an intensive security review. But the Obama administration does not send Guantanamo prisoners back to Yemen because of the civil war there and the government had to find another country to accept him for resettlement.
A Pentagon profile released before al-Rahabi appeared before a review board in 2013 said he had traveled from his homeland to Afghanistan and "almost certainly" became a member of al Qaeda. But authorities ultimately decided he did not pose a security threat and could be released.CBS News State Department correspondent Margaret Brennan reported al-Rahabi had been held at Guantanamo since shortly after it opened and was one of the so-called "Day One" detainees. He was accused of being one of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's bodyguards but was never charged, Brennan reported.
Al-Rahabi was the second prisoner this year resettled in Montenegro amid a renewed push by the Obama administration to at least whittle down the number of men held at Guantanamo even as Congress continues to prevent the closure of the detention center in Cuba with a prohibition on transferring prisoners to the U.S.
The U.S. government is grateful to Montenegro for accepting the former prisoner, said Lee Wolosky, special envoy for Guantanamo closure at the State Department.
"Montenegro now joins other U.S. friends and allies in Europe in accepting multiple detainees for resettlement, bringing us closer to our shared goal of closing the facility," he said.
There are now 79 prisoners at Guantanamo, including 29 who have been cleared to be sent home or to other countries for resettlement. Officials expect to release most of those cleared in the coming weeks, leaving mostly men who have been charged or convicted by military commission for war crimes or who authorities believe are too dangerous to release.
Watch: Obama announces plan to close Guantanamo
The U.S. opened the detention center in January 2002 to hold foreign fighters suspected of links to the Taliban or the al Qaeda terrorist organization. At its peak, the facility held about 680 prisoners. There were 242 when President Obama took office pledging to close the detention center within a year.
In February, the president asked Congress to consider the administration's plan to close Guantanamo, arguing that it's about "closing a chapter in our history."
"I am very clear-eyed about the hurdles to finally closing Guantanamo. The politics of this are tough. If it were easy, it would have happened years ago," Mr. Obama said. "But given the stakes involved for our security this plan deserves fair hearing. Even in an election year we should be able to have an open, honest good faith dialogue about how to ensure our national security."
"Let us do what is right for America," he added.
While in custody, al-Rahabi studied English, worked with military officials to help ease tensions in the detention center and worked with several fellow prisoners on an extensively detailed plan for a post-Guantanamo agricultural enterprise, the "Yemen Milk and Honey Farms Limited," according to his lawyer, David Remes.
He was desperate to get out of Guantanamo and reunite with his wife and daughter. "He's been waiting for this for a long time," Remes said.
The lawyer, who has represented more than two dozen prisoners at Guantanamo over the years, said there has been a notable sense of relief among men he has met with at the base in recent weeks.
"It's no longer a question of whether, or even a question of when, it's a question of how soon," Remes said.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/%E2...d=ansmsnnews11
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the families of those americans who lost their lives i am sure are not getting a "sense of relief ". I still believe that if obama wants to release all of them, then they should have to live with the obama family for a few years at the obamas expense and then let us know how safe they feel
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Former Guantánamo Detainee Arrested for Ties to Istanbul Airport Attack
breitbart.com
http://www.breitbart.com/national-se...irport-attack/
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he was released in 2001 which i am sure the dems will gleefully point the finger at bush while ignoring all those that o released who have gone back to their anti american ways or just plain disappeared. recidivism rate of 30% has been mentioned.
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