I do seem to remember that the courts were ordering Bush to release prisoners. So he was looking for places to send them in response to court orders. Don’t know for sure if that includes Qumu but it makes sense.
The Dems of course were demanding that we close Gitmo, right up until the moment they were in the White House. I do remember also that Holder’s claim to fame among others is the fact that his firm was behind the lawsuits forcing release of the prisoners. He brought a bunch of the lawyers who worked on the project with him into the Justice Department too. Again, I wonder when we trace it back if we’ll find that Qumu was one of the ones Holder got released.
Of course, old news reports show that Qumu was one of the guys leading O’s overthrow of Khadaffi, so thats interesting. In any case, these guys would never have been released in the numbers they were had it not been for court pressure to do so.
Am trying to remember, but this sounds correct.
There also looks to have been a lot of scrubbing activity taking place out there. Much is missing or amiss. Am not surprised, simply surprised the Internet can be scrubbed so thoroughly by those in power.