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Wednesday, January 14th, 2009
What Will Obama Do with Mohammed Al-Qahtani?
On Aug. 4, 2001, a young Saudi named Mohammed Al-Qahtani tried to gain entry into the United States via the airport in Orlando Florida but was denied by an immigration inspector who found him highly suspicious. Al-Qahtani was sent home.
What the immigration inspector did not know, but the 9/11 Commission Report would later reveal, […]
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Wednesday, January 14th, 2009
Pentagon: Ex-Gitmo Detainees Return to Battlefield
In a report released by the Pentagon, a total of 61 former Gitmo detainees are believed to have returned to terrorism. Eighteen of those men have been confirmed as such — though intelligence, photographs, fingerprints and other information, according to Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell.
Meanwhile, there are approximately 250 detainees remaining at Guantanamo, about 60 […]