Open Thread

March 25th, 2010 10:26 AM

Possible talking point: while we were distracted by ObamaCare, an inmate released from Guantanamo Bay in December returned to the Taliban.

Released by the Obama administration in December 2009, [Abdul] Hafiz rejoined the Taliban and has now been promoted, as Newsweek puts it, "to head a committee in charge of handling the insurgents' hefty ransom demands for their kidnap victims and for dealing with nongovernment-aid organizations who are considering — or may already be running — projects in areas under Taliban influence.”

And you'll no doubt be shocked to learn that the promotion was approved by a top Taliban commander who is also a former Gitmo detainee, Abdullah Ghulam Rasoul (aka Mullah Abdul Qayum Zakir), released by the Bush administration in 2007.

Are they really still trying to shut this place down?