95% are potential threats.

A new report issued by the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point finds that 73% of GITMO detainees are a “demonstrated threat.” Report webpage here

What does demonstrated threat mean? It means that they have satisfied any of the following criteria:

* explicitly and without qualification supported or waged hostile activities against the U.S. or coalition partners
* fought for al Qaeda or the Taliban or associated forces
* received training in an al Qaeda or Taliban training camp
* received training in the use of combat weapons beyond small arms (grenades, rpg’s, ied’s, sniper rifles, etc.)

In fact a further 95% were found to constitute a “potential threat.”

A bit of a different depiction of those detained in Guantanamo compared to the usual description of poor, hapless, petty criminals caught up in BushCo’s war for profit, isn’t it?

But hey, let’s go ahead and close Gitmo down and let those guys go.  It’s like they’ll be killing our troops again in Iraq/Afghanistan or blowing themselves up to kill civilians anytime soon.