White House Adviser Thinks 20% Of Gitmo Detainee Continuing To Be Terrorists After Released Is A-Ok

Brennan: 20% recidivism rate for Gitmo terrorists "isn't that bad"
ABC News’ Jake Tapper reports on some disturbing comments made over the weekend by Counterterrorism “czar” John Brennan on the Recidivism rate for Gitmo Detainees: Comments by John Brennan , assistant to the president for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, at the Islamic Center at New York University on Saturday, are drawing fire and have prompted at least one call for his resignation by a Republican senator. At one point, Brennan was asked about a recent assessment from...

Condi echoed Brennan in '05
Pete King, Kit Bond and Lindsey Graham have all called for John Brennan's head in recent days -- King and Graham have cited Brennan's defense of the estimated 20 percent Recidivism rate at Guantanamo Bay as proof he's not fit to serve. King was especially irked that President Obama's Homeland Security/anti-terrorism adviser had the gall to suggest that rate compared favorably to that of criminals in US jails during a Saturday speech in New York. But, alas, former Secretary of State...

Counterterrorism Czar Brennan Draws Fire for Comments on Gitmo Recidivism
Comments by John Brennan , assistant to the president for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, at the Islamic Center at New York University on Saturday, are drawing fire and have prompted at least one call for his resignation by a Republican senator. At one point, Brennan was asked about a recent assessment from the intelligence community that 20 percent of Detainees transferred from Guantanamo are confirmed or suspected of recidivist activity, as Brennan confirmed in a letter to...

Twenty percent recidivism rate for released Gitmo terrorists: Not bad?
Not If You Ask The Administration As Shown In The Video Below The Quote Is "20% isn't that bad." and "We will do the best we can." Really? In New York That's Not Good Enough! John Brennan , the Deputy National Security Adviser for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism said that if one in five terrorists released from Gitmo return to the fold and once again seek to destroy us, it's not so bad. According to Brennan, it's not as if we can keep them detained for the rest of...

Twenty percent recidivism rate for released Gitmo terrorists: Not bad?
Not If You Ask The Administration As Shown In The Video Below The Quote Is "20% isn't that bad." and "We will do the best we can." Really? In New York That's Not Good Enough! John Brennan , the Deputy National Security Adviser for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism said that if one in five terrorists released from Gitmo return to the fold and once again seek to destroy us, it's not so bad. According to Brennan, it's not as if we can keep them detained for the rest of...

Video: Graham demands Brennan's resignation
Jaws dropped this weekend when the man in charge of Counterterrorism for the Obama Administration suggested that a 20% Recidivism rate for released terrorists should be acceptable to the Americans the terrorists target. John Brennan’s comparison between American criminals and terrorists at war with the US gets reaction first from Brennan’s boss, National Security Adviser Jim Jones, with Chris Wallace on Fox News. Wallace plays the clip and Jones struggles to justify it, admitting...

National security adviser backs Brennan after controversial week
But Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-S.C.), pushing the GOP's National Security agenda this weekend, said the Counterterrorism adviser should be replaced. Lead Counterterrorism adviser John Brennan's boss defended him Sunday after a week of controversy in which he accused critics of the Terrorism strategy of aiding Al-Qaeda's goals and lauded a 20 percent Recidivism rate for released terorrists. "If I were a terrorist somewhere in the country and I knew John Brennan was tracking me down, I wouldn't feel...

When politics sound the alarm on national security
When White House adviser John Brennan recently accused President Obama's critics of aiding and abetting the enemy, I thought about shipping containers. This Story Brennan, who is deputy National Security adviser for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, wrote in USA Today that critics of Obama's handling of the would-be Christmas Day bomber were "misrepresenting the facts to score political points, instead of coming together to keep us safe." "Politics should never get in the...

John Brennan Takes Questions on National Security
1:19:10 John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, takes questions from the audience at "A Dialogue on Our Nation's Security" held at New York University. This public forum was co-hosted by the White House Office of Public Engagement and the Islamic Center at NYU on February 13, 2010. Public Domain

John Brennan, Obama Homeland Security & Counterterrorism Assistant Clueless
  FRIGHTENING … And Barack Obama wonders why Americans are concerned about how Democrats and his Administration conducts a War on Terror and why Republicans question his policies and vision. Really? So we are supposed to feel safe when the Obama Homeland Security & Counterterrorism Assistant John Brennan compares Terrorism Recidivism to criminal Recidivism and he says, “20% isn’t that bad.” WHAT!!! A 20% return rate for terrorist to fight is acceptable for the...

King: Brennan should be fired
Rep. Peter King (R-NY), the ranking Republican on the House Homeland Security committee, is calling for the resignation -- or immediate firing -- of Obama adviser John Brennan. The New York Republican tells me that Brennan's downplaying on Saturday of the twenty percent Recidivism rate at Gitmo, was the final straw. "I strongly believe that John Brennan ought to resign immediately or be fired because of his incompetence and inability to do his job. Any Homeland Security adviser who can't...

The 20 Percent Solution
Comments by John Brennan , assistant to the president for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism,

Brennan Acknowledges America is Safer, but Government Perpetuated Prejudice, Discrimination
John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, told Islamic law students at NYU that the Bush Administration, "deserves a lot of praise and credit for the work they did after 9/11 as far as making this country safer and stronger," but countered that statement by saying that prejudice and Discrimination have threatened National Security. "Over the years the actions of our own government have at times perpetuated those attitudes: violations of the Patriot Act,...

Wise up and Quit Whining! by Colonel Bob Pappas, USMC, Retired
Wise up and Quit Whining! by Colonel Bob Pappas, USMC, Retired In classic "what goes around comes around" irony a USA Today OPED titled, "We need no Lectures," by John Brennan, Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism -- responded to critics of the Obama Administration's Counterterrorism policies. He wrote, " Politically motivated criticism and unfounded fear-mongering only serve the goals of Al-Qaeda." They've...

Brennan talks counterterrorism at NYU
Unruffled by GOP attacks, White House Counterterrorism advisor John Brennan talked Counterterrorism policy, profiling, and the U.S. alliance with Israel at New York University Saturday, Josh Gerstein reports : President Barack Obama's embattled counteterrorism adviser, John Brennan, delivered an emphatic defense Saturday of the Obama Administration's rhetorical approach to Terrorism--and also slipped in a few criticisms of Bush Administration policies he suggested alienated Muslims...

In the case of John Brennan
Posted by Scott at 8:23 AM One gets the impression that the Obama Administration is in a state of disarray over key components of its National Security program. The New York Daily News reports that President Obama remains committed to trying Khalid Shaikh Mohammed et al. as criminal defendants in federal court, for example, although he remains unsure where. Counterterrorism adviser John Brennan sheds his usual light on the issue: "As far as support from the community and funding...

Brennan: 20% Recidivism Rate of Captured Terrorists 'Isn't That Bad'
Fox News: Gen. Jim Jones defended [President Obama's National Security adviser John] Brennan, the president's top Counterterrorism adviser, after Brennan on Saturday compared the U.S. criminal Recidivism rate of 50 percent to the one in five terrorists who are released to other nations and return to the battlefield. "Twenty percent isn't that bad," Brennan said.

U.S. Retires 'Enemy Combatant,' Keeps Broad Right to Detain
The Obama Administration yesterday jettisoned the Bush-era term "enemy combatant" but maintained a broad right to detain those who provide "substantial" assistance to Al-Qaeda and its associates around the globe. The disclosure came in a court filing by the Justice Department in response to orders by federal judges, who sought clarity on the government's legal justification for holding about 241 Detainees at the Military Prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Though dropping the...

McCain suggests Brennan be fired
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) suggested today that John Brennan be ousted as White House Homeland Security adviser. McCain said on Fox And Friends that Brennan had "lost any utility he could have for the President of the United States." Brennan has been under fire from Republicans ever since he said in a USA Today op-ed that "politically motivated" criticisms of the administration "serve the goals of Al-Qaeda." On Sunday, McCain's ally Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) also called for Brennan to lose...

Another swing, another miss
ANOTHER SWING, ANOTHER MISS.... Republicans really want to force John Brennan, President Obama's senior Counterterrorism adviser, to resign. They just haven't been able to find a reason yet. In the latest dust-up, Brennan compared detainee Recidivism to the American penal system, and concluded that "one out of five Detainees" released from U.S. custody "returned to some type of extremist activity," which " isn't that bad ." Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) used the comments to call for Brennan's...

Terrorism = Burglary
Counterterrorism Czar John Brennan made a comparison this weekend that has landed him in hot water. Speaking at the Islamic Center at New York University on Saturday and apparently in response to a question about Recidivism among the Gitmo inmates who had been released, he said the rate was about 20%. Ok, that’s arguable, but it is a number that has been tossed around by any number of people. That isn’t what got him in trouble. If we stipulate that the 20% of terror suspects...

Actionable intelligence
ACTIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.... For all the baseless whining about how the Obama Administration handled the Abdulmutallab case, it appears increasingly obvious that the White House's approach was not only correct, but is paying dividends that benefit all of us. Eli Lake has this important report . U.S. and allied Counterterrorism authorities have launched a global manhunt for English-speaking terrorists trained in Yemen who are planning attacks on the United States, based on intelligence provided...

W.H. considers indefinite detention
The White House is considering endorsing a law that would allow the indefinite detention of some alleged terrorists without trial as part of efforts to break a logjam with Congress over President Barack Obama’s plans to close the Guantanamo Bay Prison, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Monday. Last summer, White House officials said they had ruled out seeking a “preventive detention” statute as a way to deal with anti-terror Detainees, saying the administration would hold any...

Obama Admin: 20% Recidivist Rate for Terrorists "Isn't That Bad"
Really? [National Security Adviser] Gen. Jim Jones defended Brennan, the president's top Counterterrorism adviser, after Brennan on Saturday compared the U.S. criminal Recidivism rate of 50 percent to the one in five terrorists who are released to other nations and return to the battlefield. "Twenty percent isn't that bad," Brennan said. Jones said the United States has to make sure to do the best it can, but it's unrealistic to think no terrorist allowed to go free won't return to...

Graham Calls for Brennan to Resign
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham blasted President Obama's chief Counterterrorism adviser John Brennan saying he is "disconnected from the threats we face" and called for his resignation.