Detainee traded for Bergdahl may have contacted Taliban: officials

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Detainee traded for Bergdahl may have contacted Taliban: officials

BY MARK HOSENBALL
Fri Mar 6, 2015 6:21pm EST

(Reuters) - U.S. spy agencies are examining intelligence reports that one of five Taliban leaders released from Guantanamo prison and sent to Qatar as part of a deal to free U.S. soldier Bowe Bergdahl last year may have re-established contact with a militant group, U.S. officials said on Friday.

So far, only one of 17 U.S. intelligence agencies has formally concluded that the Taliban leader is suspected of re-engagement, two U.S. officials told Reuters. But other agencies will be closely monitoring him for further corroboration, said the officials, who asked not to be identified.

Republicans who control the U.S. Congress are demanding that President Barack Obama not free any more people from Guantanamo, the U.S. prison on Cuba was set up to house suspected terrorists caught by the United States after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.

They say there is a big risk of the released prisoners rejoining the fight against the United States.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/06/us-usa-security-guantanamo-idUSKBN0M22FY20150306

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

1. Might even say who can blame em, after what they have been thru...not justifying it but it cant

come as a surprise

Our behavior was horrible with Gitmo and we created terrorists

[PeteSelman]

2. I'm sure that's the point.

He'll lead us right to them. I wouldn't be surprised if these guys have implanted chips for GPS.