Leave it to President Obama to try and fail to recruit the famed Taliban Five, the most hardened of all the terrorists held at GITMO, to turn against their fellow jihadis.
According to a source privy to the effort to “flip” the Taliban “Fab Five,” the government’s attempt was a “total failur.”So what did White House Spox Josh Earnest say about the failed attempt to turn the fab five into U.S. assets?
“Even as a general matter, this is an intelligence matter that I won’t be able to discuss from here”.
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The Taliban Five were held for 12 years at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, where military reviews concluded they were a likely security threat and had “high intelligence value.” For those reasons, among others, seasoned military officers believe the Taliban Five were obvious recruitment targets.
“We would definitely have tried to work that with these people because of who they are, and because of the relationships they have,” Fox News military analyst and retired Gen. Jack Keane said. “These are people that had significant senior positions inside this organization.”A year ago, the men were greeted as heroes in the gulf nation of Qatar. They are now joined in the oil-rich nation by some 65 immediate family members and other relatives.
Asked by Fox News if their presence might “increase the men’s ability to re-engage with terrorist networks,” State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said, “I’m not sure why that would be the case. It seems like pure speculation to me.”
But a leading Republican on the House Intelligence Committee who receives regular briefings said otherwise.
“Without going into the details of the numbers, they have had access to outsiders who in turn have had access to the outside. And this can’t bode well for American national security,” Kansas Rep. Mike Pompeo said. “I wish I could tell you that I thought the administration understood the threat [from] these five, frankly, as well as the threat from Al Qaeda and ISIS, but I think in the case of these five in particular the administration continues to underestimate what it means for them to come back.”
