From The New York Times:
WASHINGTON — To understand how hard it is proving for President Obama to close the American military prison at Guantánamo Bay, consider the case of Alla Ali Bin Ali Ahmed, Internee Security No. 692. His long-delayed departure last week leaves 97 Yemenis at the complex in Cuba, by far the largest remaining group.
It was seven years ago that Mr. Ahmed, then 18, was swept up by Pakistani security forces in a raid on a Faisalabad guesthouse and taken to the prison. It was five months ago that a federal judge, after reviewing all the government’s classified evidence, ruled that his incarceration had never been justified and ordered the government to get to work “forthwith” on his release.
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My Comment: Were mistakes made in Guantanamo .... of course there were. But do not justify it by making another mistake by holding someone who does not deserve to stay there. The best that you can hope for is release those that are a minimal threat .... and hope that they do not go back to Jihad and all of its intended consequences.