"Johnson also addressed the need for a program to monitor detainees even after they are transferred from Guantanamo Bay to accepting nations. He stressed the concern that terrorists and enemy combatants might return to the battlefield.
Its not as simple as, Oh X-Y-Z country is willing to take the detainee back, he said. There needs to be in place an adequate rehabilitation program to monitor in that accepting nation [so] that we minimize to the fullest extent possible any acts of recidivism for those who are transferred or released.
The safety of the American people is the utmost concern, he continued. So we believe strongly that rehabilitation programs are something that we should encourage, promote. Its something were very focused on.""