Report On Gitmo Detainees Released

A report issued by the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point found that virtually all of the Gitmo detainees have been investigated and found to be a threat to the security of the United States. 73% of detainees have been found to be a "demonstrated threat", while 95%, including the 75% fall under the category of "potential threat".

Demonstrated threat means they have satisfied at least one 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.)

Potential Threat means they played a supporting role in a terrorists cell or had expressed a commitment to pursuing violence against coalition forces in the name of jihad.

This report was issued to combat assertions by detainee advocates that they do not pose a significant threat to US soldiers and their captivity is illegal and un-necessary. As you can see these assertions are false. All of the detainees have been found to be an enemy of the United States and their actions, in whole or in part, have caused the deaths of our American service personnel.