DOD Releases Plan to Close GTMO (CRS Report for Congress)
| Release Date |
Feb. 23, 2016 |
| Report Number |
DOD-GTMO |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
Summary:
Conceding that the politics of this are tough, President Obama announced this morning the release of the Department
of Defense (DoD) plan to close the prison facility at the U.S. Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The document
reiterates current procedures for transferring detainees to their home countries or other countries abroad, but perhaps
more controversially, promises to work with Congress to relocate [certain detainees] from the Guantanamo Bay
detention facility to a secure detention facility in the United States, while continuing to identify other non-U.S.
dispositions. The plan does not specify a particular location within the United States where detainees would be housed
(although it states 13 possible sites have been identified), but emphasizes the Attorney Generalâs 2014 conclusion that
relocation to the United States would not risk ascribing to transferees additional rights under the U.S. Constitution or
immigration laws. (This analysis, required by section 1039 of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2014, is
attached as an appendix to the plan).
