Ex-Gitmo Prisoners Behind Failed Bombing Attempt

As surprising as it may sound, some of the terrorists released from Gitmo have actually gone back to their terrorist ways. In this case, the Christmas Day bombing attempt that failed only because the bomb fizzled was masterminded by two individuals who were released from Gitmo in 2007.
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/men-believed-northwest-airlines-plot-set-free/story?id=9434065

Two of the four leaders allegedly behind the al Qaeda plot to blow up a Northwest Airlines passenger jet over Detroit were released by the U.S. from the Guantanamo prison in November, 2007, according to American officials and Department of Defense documents. Al Qaeda claimed responsibility for the Northwest bombing in a Monday statement that vowed more attacks on Americans.

American officials agreed to send the two terrorists from Guantanamo to Saudi Arabia where they entered into an "art therapy rehabilitation program" and were set free, according to U.S. and Saudi officials.

It's hard to understand, I know, that "art therapy rehabilitation" would be ineffective on Islamic terrorists, but apparently it is.


What the HECK is that about? Why would anybody in this entire world think that "art therapy rehabilitation" would reform terrorists who kill people because they believe their religion tells them to do so? When dealing with people like that, finger-painting just ain't gonna do it, you know?

It has been my position since day one that individuals incarcerated in Gitmo needed to be tried in a timely fashion... not rushed through with undue haste or held for years without charges being brought, but tried in a reasonable time frame. And if found guilty, then PUNISHED! We had these two men and released them. They're not "rehabilitated" because they learned how to draw or paint, they're out there planning how to kill more Americans!

And PresBo says he wants to close Gitmo and try or release all prisoners? Give them a trial, yes, but don't release any more unless we're sure they are innocent! Innocent, as in they didn't try to kill Americans in the first place.

Kind of shows you how stupid it is to just willy-nilly close Gitmo and trust that the newly released terrorists won't kill the rest of us. Come on, guys, some common-sense, please?