AP Probe: 'Dangerous' Former Gitmo Inmates Set Free Abroad

Published: December 16, 2006 12:15 PM ET

WASHINGTON The Pentagon called them "among the most dangerous, best-trained, vicious killers on the face of the Earth," sweeping them up after Sept. 11 and hauling them in chains to a U.S. military prison in southeastern Cuba.

Since then, hundreds of the men have been transferred from Guantanamo Bay to other countries, many of them for "continued detention."

And then set free.