From Gitmo With Love: How A Detainee Release Happens -- Foreign Policy
Three former prisoners who had been held at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, arrived in Tbilisi, Georgia, yesterday to begin their new lives. The Cable takes you behind the scenes to explain how the deal got done and what these guys have to look forward to, besides their long-awaited freedom.
The process of organizing their emigration started last fall, when Amb. Dan Fried, the special envoy tasked with resettling Guantánamo prisoners, visited Georgia. He asked Georgian officials to consider taking Guantánamo prisoners and set up a visit for the Georgians to visit the facility in Cuba, which they did in December.
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My Comment: I would love to read up on the success (or failure) of this policy a year or two from now. What we know at the moment is that the return rate for former Taliban/Al Qaeda members to the battlefield has so far been high .... which makes me suspect that the men who presently remain detained must be very dangerous.
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