By the Numbers
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775
Number of detainees who have been brought to Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp
420
Number released without charge
270
Number who remain, of which a fifth are cleared for release
60 – 80
Number of detainees the U.S. eventually plans to put on trial
1
Number of Guantanamo detainees convicted of a crime
90,000
Dollars, the median salary of a federal employee in Washington D.C.
12.4
Million dollars in compensation and stock option gains taken home by Daniel H. Mudd, head of Fannie Mae, since 2004
17.1
Million dollars in compensation and stock option gains taken home by Richard Syron, head of Freddie Mac, since 2003
23.4
Million dollars, the combined severance packages Mudd and Syron are expected to take home as part of the federal government’s bailout of the failed lending giants
90
Percent drop in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac stock prices this year
Sources: Amnesty International; Worldwatch Institute; New York Times