Barack Obama will leave office with either 41 or 42 men still detained at Guantánamo, the Guardian has learned, as his plan to close the infamous detention facility falls short. One said Obama was more likely to leave 42 men detained at Guantánamo than 41. In September, the director of national intelligence told Congress that 5.6% of detainees Obama transferred were confirmed as “re-engaging” in terrorism, compared with 21.2% of Bush’s transfers. In 2011, the GOP-led Congress, with significant Democratic support, barred the military from bringing Guantánamo detainees into the US for any reason. Oman took another 10 detainees last weekend, despite an early January tweet from Trump imploring Obama to end the transfers.

Source: The Guardian January 18, 2017 18:16 UTC