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1 online resource (155 pages) |
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Global political studies |
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Global political studies series.
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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 |
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FINDING 1. MECHANISMS TO REDUCE THE GTMOPOPULATION WERE FIRST CONTEMPLATED WHEN THEFACILITY WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2002. HOWEVER, PROCEDURES TO ACCOMPLISH THIS TOOK ABOUT EIGHTMONTHS TO FINALIZE, AND WERE SPURRED BYPERSISTENT CONCERNS THAT SOME DETAINEESSHOULD NOT BE HELDFINDING 2. AFTER THE FIRST REVIEW PROCESS BEGAN, POLITICAL AND DIPLOMATIC PRESSURES TO REDUCE THEGTMO POPULATION BECAME APPARENT, RESULTING INRELEASES AND TRANSFERS; FINDING 3. PRESSURE TO REDUCE THE GTMOPOPULATION ACCELERATED IN THE SECOND BUSH TERM, BEFORE REENGAGEMENT DANGERS BECAMEFULLY APPARENT |
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FINDING 4. WHILE THE GTMO TRANSFER AND RELEASEPROCESS INSTITUTED BY THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATIONDIFFERED IN SOME RESPECTS FROM WHAT PRECEDEDIT, THERE ARE SUFFICIENT CONTINUITIES SO THAT THETHREAT OF REENGAGEMENT MAY NOT BE LESSENED INTHE LONG TERMDISSENTING VIEWS OF MINORITY MEMBERS; Chapter 2: SUMMARY OF THE REENGAGEMENT OF DETAINEES FORMERLY HELD AT GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA; SECTION 307 (A) (1) INTELLIGENCE RELATING TORECIDIVISM OF DETAINEES CURRENTLY OR FORMERLYHELD AT THE DETENTION FACILITY AT GUANTANAMOBAY, CUBA, BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE |
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SECTION 307 (A) (2) AN ASSESSMENT OF THE LIKELIHOODTHAT SUCH DETAINEES WILL ENGAGE IN TERRORISMSECTION 307 (A) (2) AN ASSESSMENT OF THE LIKELIHOODTHAT SUCH DETAINEES WILL COMMUNICATE WITHPERSONS IN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS; Chapter 3: TESTIMONY OF WILLIAM K. LIETZAU, DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARYOF DEFENSE FOR DETAINEE POLICY, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. HEARINGON ''GUANTANAMO DETAINEE TRANSFERPOLICY 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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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 2, 2014) |
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Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp.
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Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp fast |
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Detainers (Criminal procedure)
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Detainers (Criminal procedure)
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Murphy, Elliott
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| ISBN |
9781629486864 |
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1629486868 |
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