To the Obama administration’s pattern of sticking up for itself on its counterterrorism record, add this: None of about 48 Guantanamo Bay detainees released or
“„None of about 48 Guantanamo Bay detainees released or transferred elsewhere by the Obama administration has participated or been suspected of participating in subsequent “recidivist” activity, compared with 20 percent of about 540 detainees released by the George W. Bush administration, according to White House counterterrorism chief John O. Brennan.
“„“We believe that significant improvements to the detainee review process have contributed to significant improvements in the results,” Brennan said in a letter Monday to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).