Posted on 01/20/2017 6:53:16 AM PST by Dave346
The Department of Defense announced Thursday that four more prisoners held at the military detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba are being transferred out, leaving the prison’s population at 41 as President Obama leaves office.
One inmate is being transferred to Saudi Arabia, while the other three are going to the United Arab Emirates, CNN reported. This is likely to be Obama’s last transfer of inmates from Guantanamo before President-elect Donald Trump is sworn into office at noon on Friday. Trump has pledged to keep the military prison open and “load it up with some bad dudes.”
When Obama entered the White House in January 2009, 242 inmates were being held at Guantanamo. Closing the facility was one of Obama’s key pledges during his presidential campaign in 2008. However, the White House admitted this week that the prison would remain open after Obama leaves office.
“At this time, I don’t anticipate that we will succeed in that goal of closing the prison,” White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said on Tuesday. “But it’s not for a lack of trying, I assure you.”
Trump has been adamant against transferring prisoners from Guantanamo, especially in Obama’s final days in office. Trump cites how some of the inmates who have been released from the detention facility to other countries have gone back to rejoin terrorist groups.
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has said that roughly 30 percent of former Guantanamo detainees have rejoined terrorist activities or are suspected of doing so.
Lots of empty cells to fill with corrupt Washington insiders.
So the DCI says 30% have resumed terroristic activities, that means the real truth is likely 80%. However, even at 30%, for me, that would invalidate the motivation to release any additional. Let them die of old age there, unless we can use the firing squad.
Fueling the ISIS war against the free world.
And pregnant illegals
I really thought Barky would give Gitmo back to Cuba.
I’m glad Obama was not able to empty out Gitmo and give it to Cuba. I’m sure that’s what he wanted to do but ran out of time. Too bad, so sad for the Obamunist.
This guy is unbelievable. good grief
41 is a small number. They would all fit in the brig of a specialized ship, or preferably in the back of a single C-130 for a HALO jump with no parachute. Either option would save us a lot of money and close Gitmo.
I hope that President Trump will call all of these countries that have accepted prisoners back from Guantánamo and tell them to please send the prisoners back to us if they want any form of friendship with the United States.
There must have been great institutional resistance to closing Gitmo’. Interesting that Dicktater Hussein couldn’t get it done in 8 years.
So that’s why the little prick is building walls around his mansion...
Trump should have put all these countries on notice.
Take a Gitmo prisoner from Obama, and land at the top of my sh**list for the duration of my administration.
Plenty of room now for the coming inmates from the DOJ investigations...
Any word on Pardons?
TREASON!
Pardons don’t have to be made public.
Lots of empty cells to fill with corrupt Washington insiders.
He granted 330 commutations of drug sentences as well yesterday, bringing his total commutations to a record 1,715.
From now on, interrogate em in the field, then shoot em.
Take NO prisoners because this is what happens.
Kill em all and let their piss ant god, allah, sort em out.
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