Gitmo Will Remain Open

Gitmo is staying open.

We’ve known this for a while. But it is assured with the news today that the recidivism rate among former Guantanamo Bay detainees has spiked to 25 percent and continues to climb. Barack Obama, who promised to close the facility within a year of his inauguration, badly miscalculated the political opposition to closing Gitmo. And, more important, he badly underestimated the threat presented by the 248 detainees who remained at Gitmo when he took office.