[Breitbart] The Obama administration, continuing its goal of closing the GuantĂĄnamo Bay detention camp, is readying the "transfer" of 17 "lower-level detainees" from the country, officials told The New York Times.
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter has already notified Congress of plans to move forward. Congress requests that Carter notify legislators at least 30 days before any of the men at GuantĂĄnamo are released from the base.
The Times report was confirmed with Fox News on Thursday, with a Congressional aide telling the outlet that his boss would be briefed on the plan on Friday. With the seventeen coming transfers, the GuantĂĄnamo detention facility population will move down to 90. The move would also be the largest month quantitatively for transfers since 2007.
The White House did not get into specifics about details regarding the imminent action. "I don't have any announcements about any planned transfers at this point," White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest told reporters. |