Actions for Guantanamo detainees : recidivism and reengagement upon release

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Guantanamo detainees : recidivism and reengagement upon release / Elliot T. Murphy, editor

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Hauppauge, New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2013]
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©2013
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1 online resource (155 pages).
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Murphy, Elliott
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GUANTANAMO DETAINEES: RECIDIVISM AND REENGAGEMENT UPON RELEASE; GUANTANAMO DETAINEES: RECIDIVISM AND REENGAGEMENT UPON RELEASE; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: LEAVING GUANTANAMO: POLICIES, PRESSURES, AND DETAINEES RETURNING TO THE FIGHT; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION; METHODOLOGICAL AND STYLISTIC NOTES; SNAPSHOTS OF REENGAGEMENT; REENGAGEMENT: THE BASICS; DEFINITIONS., FINDING 1. MECHANISMS TO REDUCE THE GTMO POPULATION WERE FIRST CONTEMPLATED WHEN THE FACILITY WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2002. HOWEVER, PROCEDURES TO ACCOMPLISH THIS TOOK ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS TO FINALIZE, AND WERE SPURRED BY PERSISTENT CONCERNS THAT SOME DETAINEES SHOULD NOT BE HELD FINDING 2. AFTER THE FIRST REVIEW PROCESS BEGAN, POLITICAL AND DIPLOMATIC PRESSURES TO REDUCE THE GTMO POPULATION BECAME APPARENT, RESULTING INRELEASES AND TRANSFERS; FINDING 3. PRESSURE TO REDUCE THE GTMO POPULATION ACCELERATED IN THE SECOND BUSH TERM, BEFORE REENGAGEMENT DANGERS BECAMEFULLY APPARENT., FINDING 4. WHILE THE GTMO TRANSFER AND RELEASE PROCESS INSTITUTED BY THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION DIFFERED IN SOME RESPECTS FROM WHAT PRECEDEDIT, THERE ARE SUFFICIENT CONTINUITIES SO THAT THE THREAT OF REENGAGEMENT MAY NOT BE LESSENED IN THE LONG TERM DISSENTING VIEWS OF MINORITY MEMBERS; Chapter 2: SUMMARY OF THE REENGAGEMENT OF DETAINEES FORMERLY HELD AT GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA; SECTION 307 (A) (1) INTELLIGENCE RELATING TO RECIDIVISM OF DETAINEES CURRENTLY OR FORMERLY HELD AT THE DETENTION FACILITY AT GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA, BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE., and SECTION 307 (A) (2) AN ASSESSMENT OF THE LIKELIHOOD THAT SUCH DETAINEES WILL ENGAGE IN TERRORISM SECTION 307 (A) (2) AN ASSESSMENT OF THE LIKELIHOOD THAT SUCH DETAINEES WILL COMMUNICATE WITH PERSONS IN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS; Chapter 3: TESTIMONY OF WILLIAM K. LIETZAU, DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR DETAINEE POLICY, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. HEARINGON ''GUANTANAMO DETAINEE TRANSFER POLICY AND RECIDIVISM""
Summary
The Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee undertook an in-depth, comprehensive bipartisan investigation of procedures to dispatch detainees from the Guantanamo Bay detention facility (GTMO) over the past decade. This included an examination of mechanisms intended to prevent former detainees from reengaging in terror-related activities. This book explores how the Bush and Obama administrations, in reaction to domestic political pressures and a desire to earn goodwill abroad, attempted to advance strategic national security goals, and ""release"" or ""transfer"" GTMO detainees elsewhere
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9781629486864 (electronic bk.)
1629486868 (electronic bk.)
9781629486857
162948685X (hbk.)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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