Maybe BO should let the Gitmo prisoners loose in Chicago   ?

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Pentagon: 61 ex-Guantanamo inmates return to terrorism
Tue Jan 13, 2009 1:11pm EST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon said on Tuesday that 61 former detainees
from its military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, appear to have returned to
terrorism since their release from custody.

Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell said 18 former detainees are confirmed and 43
suspected of "returning to the fight."

He said the figures, updated at the end of December, showed a higher rate of
recidivism than seen in a previous report showing 37 former detainees as active
militants.

He provided no details about the detainees or their countries of origin.

"The overall known terrorist re-engagement rate has increased to 11
percent"
from about 7 percent, Morrell said.

The numbers were generated by the Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency based
on fingerprints, photographs and intelligence reports, he said.

President-elect Barack Obama, who takes office on Tuesday, is expected to issue
an executive order to close the Guantanamo Bay prison, possibly within his
first week in office.

About 255 men are still held at the U.S.-run naval base in Cuba, a symbol of
aggressive interrogation methods that exposed the United States to allegations
of torture.

Washington has cleared 50 of the detainees for release but cannot return them
to their home countries because of the risk they would be tortured or
persecuted there.

Around 500 others have been freed or transferred to other governments since
2002.

Pentagon officials say scores of detainees still in custody should never be
released because of the potential danger they pose to U.S. interests.

(Reporting by Andrew Gray and David Morgan)

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