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By the Numbers

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