American and British embassies in Yemen have been closed, reportedly in response to an imminent al Qaeda attack. Guantanamo detainees who have been released to Yemen are implicated in other attacks. The underwear bomber is tied to Yemen. You’d think the Obama administration would have learned that sending detainees to Yemen is a bad idea.
But no, they’re going ahead with plans to send more detainees to the hotbed of terrorism.
CNN: The United States still intends to send some Yemeni detainees at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, facility back to Yemen despite a terrorist threat there, President Barack Obama’s terrorism czar said Sunday.
John Brennan, the assistant to the president for homeland security and counter-terrorism, said on CNN’s “State of the Union” that the failed Christmas Day terror attack on a U.S. airliner doesn’t change the plan to close the Guantanamo facility.
On Saturday, Obama linked the airline bombing suspect to an al Qaeda affiliate based in Yemen.
Brennan called the failed attack on a Northwest Airlines flight from Amsterdam, Netherlands, to Detroit, Michigan a “unique incident” that won’t affect the process of closing the Guantanamo facility.
“We are making sure that we don’t do anything that’s going to put Americans at risk,” Brennan said. …..
Unbelievable!
Via The Astute Bloggers, via Memeorandum
