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Wikileaks Secret Documents on Guantanamo Detainees

By Marcella Glenn

The classified U.S. military secret documents, about 800, obtained by WikiLeaks give details about the alleged terrorist activities of al Qaeda operatives captured and housed at the U.S. Navy's detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

The secret documents were shared with several news organizations, including the New York Times and the Washington Post. Some have been published by WikiLeaks, an organization that shares secret information.

The secret documents spot-light how detainees behaved while at Guantanamo, and what level of danger to the United States. They are intelligence assessments of almost 779 individuals who have been held at Guantanamo since 2002, per the Post.

The classified files described some of the detainees as being compliant while others threatened violence against guards. One stated he would fly planes into houses.

The secret documents explain al Qaeda as it grew stronger in Afghanistan during the 1990s, prepared for the 9/11 attacks and scattered after.

According to the New York Times, the secret documents show most of the 172 prisoners still held at Guantanamo have been rated as a "high risk" of posing a threat to the United States and its allies if released without adequate rehabilitation. They show that many others who have been released or transferred to other countries were also designated "high risk," the newspaper explains.

Detainees are assessed "high," "medium" or "low" in regard to their intelligence value, threat they pose while in detention and continued threat they could pose to the United States if released.

Marcella Glenn is a freelance writer, blogger, novelist, and former business editor. She looks forward to hearing from you. Scribble a note to her through NewsBlaze, or her blog at critiqueandwrite.blogspot.com