White House Working ‘Energetically’ To Transfer Gitmo Detainees

As the Afghanistan war is winding down, the White House is working “energetically” to transfer Guantanamo detainees to other countries, as we will have no legal basis to hold them when combat operations end.

While there aren’t any “imminent transfer announcement in the works,” the team assigned to moving detainees is “energetically working this issue every day from Washington, foreign capitals, and places in between,” according to National Security Council spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden…

United States law currently does not allow Guantanamo detainees to be moved to the U.S., a provision that has impeded the administration’s efforts to close the prison, since detainees cannot be tried in civilian courts or moved to American prisons.

By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.