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Gitmo University? Guantanamo detainees rejoin terror groups

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img classalignleft srchttpcdn2b.examiner.comsitesdefaultfilesstyleslargehasha2e9gitmo.jpg alt width210 height170 Two years after the Pentagon revealed that many Guantanamo detainees rejoin terrorist missions after leaving the military prison, President Obamas National Intelligence Director confirms that one in four resume terrorist activities against the United States after being released.Law enforcement officers are familiar with the concept that American prisons are training schools for criminals to learn new skills while incarcerated. For example, a mugger serving time in a state prison when released has probablyacquired the knowledge and skill to become a burglar or a hightechperpetrator of computer crime.The same appears to hold true for enemy combatantsdetained at the military detention center at Guantanamo Bay.A large numberofterrorists released from Gitmo appear to find their way back to the battlefields in the Global War on Terrorism only this time possessing more knowledge and maturity.As the president fulfills his promise of returning America to the moral high ground by closing the detention facility at the U.S. Naval Base in Cuba, the number will only rise. Dozens of suspected terrorists have been freed from Guantanamo since Obama issued an executive order last year calling for a comprehensive review of all detainees and a total of 598 have been released so far, according to officials at Judicial Watch, a publicinterest, watchdog groupthat investigates government and political corruption.One hundred fifty are confirmed or suspected of reengaging in terrorist or insurgent activities after transfer, according to a report issued by the Director of National Intelligence DNI to Congress.At least 83 remain at large and if additional detainees are released, some will reengage in terrorist or insurgent activities, says the DNI assessment.Created by Congress in 2004 to force collaboration between the nations spy agencies, the DNI claims to be the countrys first line of defense, serving as the head of the intelligence community by integrating foreign, military and domestic intelligence that protects the U.S. from terrorist threats.The newly released DNI assessment is hardly earthshattering news. Nearly two years ago the Pentagons Defense Intelligence Agency disclosed a sharp rise in the number of Guantanamo detainees who rejoin terrorist missions after leaving U.S. custody.Using data such as fingerprints, pictures and other reports the defense agency, which gathers foreign military intelligence, determined that the number of Middle Eastern terrorists who returned to the fight after being released nearly doubled in a short time.Earlier this year,officials at Judicial Watchreported that at least a dozen Guantanamo inmates rejoined Al Qaedain Yemen shortly after being released. A terrorist hotbed and popular Al Qaeda training ground, Yemen has been deemed a high security threat by the State Department and its where the Christmas Day airline bomber proudly trained.