The Morning Whip-Up

Today, to mark the 100th day since the passage of the "stimulus" bill, the Administration will release a report entitled "100 Days, 100 Projects," that will spotlight progress being made. However, as the "Morning Joe" crew reminded us, that's 100 days, just 100 projects, nearly $1 trillion spent and more than 1 million jobs lost since the "stimulus" passed. Just some numbers worth considering for the day ahead. As for today's schedule, the House is not in session. Now on to the news...

GITMO TROUBLES: Pentagon Releases Report Confirming That 14 Percent Of Detainees Return To Terrorist Activities...

Yesterday, the Pentagon released a long awaited report confirming and detailing that 14 percent of the detainees released from Guantanamo ultimately return to terrorist activities.

A Pentagon report released today confirms that 14 percent of the 540 detainees -- or one in seven -- who were released from the detainee center Guantanamo Bay have been known or suspected of returning to terrorist activities. "Based on a comprehensive review of available information as of mid-March 2009, the Defense Intelligence Agency reported 14 percent as the overall rate of former Guantanamo detainees confirmed or suspected of reengaging in terrorist activities. Of the more than 530 Guantanamo detainees transferred from Department of Defense custody to Guantanamo Bay, 27 were confirmed and 47 were suspected of reengaging in terrorist activity. Between December 2008 and March 2009, nine detainees were added to the confirmed list, six of whom were previously on the suspected list," the report states. - ABC News

According to the report, there "has been a slight increase since the end of 2008" of former detainees returning to terrorism.

The statistics indicate that there has been a slight increase since the end of 2008, and the number of released detainees turning to or suspected of turning to the insurgency is almost doubled from the 7 percent in that category a few years ago, according to Pentagon officials familiar with the information. - CNN

Speaking to the local NBC station, Congressman Cantor discusses his concerns with closing Guantanamo Bay.

Congressman Eric Cantor (R-7th District) says the Commonwealth should be off-limits to suspected terrorists from the federal detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. "It just doesn't make any sense to bring terrorists to U.S. soil, at all," Cantor said during a recent interview at his Richmond office. "Why would we want to do that in any way, shape or form?" ... Cantor has introduced a bill that would prohibit transferring detainees to Virginia. He also supports measures to keep them out of the U.S. entirely. - NBC 29