New analysis of WikiLeaks documents shows that intelligence-gathering at Guantánamo has been ineffective

Deutschmann, Emanuel (2016) New analysis of WikiLeaks documents shows that intelligence-gathering at Guantánamo has been ineffective. Impact of American Politics & Policy Blog (16 Mar 2016). Website.

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The US has maintained a military prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba for more than 14 years, with the stated aim of detaining and interrogating suspected terrorists which have been captured by the US. In new research which uses a dataset of information published by WikiLeaks, Emanuel Deutschmann finds that the prison has been largely ineffective in its intelligence-gathering mission. He writes that the dataset shows that nearly two thirds of inmates revealed no information about their fellow detainees, meaning that calls from politicians to send suspected terrorists to Guantánamo Bay to gain information from them are unrealistic.

Item Type:	Online resource (Website)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/
Additional Information:	© 2016 LSE Impact of American Politics & Policy blog
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
Date Deposited:	07 Apr 2016 09:05
Last Modified:	15 Sep 2023 20:16
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/65957

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