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Jim Inhofe: What is the risk of releasing Guantanamo detainees given the recidivism rate is 1 in 7?

On the recordJuly 6, 2009
What is the risk of releasing Guantanamo detainees given the recidivism rate is 1 in 7?
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Jim Inhofe
Republican · Oklahoma

Editor's note · Context

Inhofe questions the dangers of releasing detainees based on recidivism statistics.

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