White House Promises Of Transparency Is A Myth

Camp Delta, the fenced-in core of the Guantánamo prison. Angel Franco/The New York Times

Second Thoughts -- Weekly Standard

The 'most transparent administration in history' buries a Gitmo report.

At 12:01 P.M. on January 20, 2009, minutes before Barack Obama was sworn in as president, the first post went up on the Obama White House website. It included a reiteration of a campaign promise Obama repeatedly made: "President Obama has committed to making his administration the most open and transparent in history."

Two days later, Obama ordered the detention facility at Guantánamo Bay closed. And two days after that, on January 24, Newsweek's Michael Isikoff wrote about a Pentagon study that will provide an early test of this promise: "The report, which could be released within the next few days, will provide fresh details about 62 detainees who have been released from Guantánamo and are believed by U.S. intelligence officials to have returned to terrorist activities."

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My Comment: I have always gone by the following rule: Do not listen to what a person does .... instead .... pay attention to what they do. Bottom line .... this White House is not going to be transparent on subjects that will undermine their political goals.

The unreleased Gitmo report is a landmine that the White house does not want to confront. The simple fact is that the inmate population at Guantanamo all have an extensive history of violence and murder. That is why they are still there.

From child soldiers like Omar Kadr to 9/11 planner Khalid Sheik Mohammed .... there is blood a plenty .... and no whitewash can get rid of the destruction that these terrorists have caused ....and could cause if released.

If this was not the case, these murderers would have been in front of civilian courts years ago. Tried and judged .... and quickly forgotten.

The Gitro report undermines the White House case for Guantanamo. It will be buried until the legal framework for these inmates has been decided upon and implemented.