Yesterday, Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Admiral John Kirby cast a positive light on jihadists from the Taliban and al Qaeda who have been released from Guantanamo and have returned to wage jihad. REAR ADM. KIRBY: Joe, I don’t have the records on this guy from — from Guantanamo Bay. Despite this, Kirby doubles down and says Guantanamo should be closed, which means even more jihadists will be freed. Q: After seeing such example, like former Guantanamo detainee who was released and went back to the — to work with the Taliban, is the Pentagon still convinced that Guantanamo should be closed? Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.