article_snippet: A new report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence the Director of National Intelligence National Intelligence shows inmates released from the U.S. military detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba are still returning to the battlefield and fighting against the United States and other Western nations.
article_snippet: Naval Base Guantanamo Bay
article_snippet: , Cuba is a political flashpoint with Republicans wanting to keep terrorists outof harm's way and Democrats believing the facility's continued operation inflames hostilities against America .
article_snippet: No one gets out of Guantanamo, goes right back to the front lines, and winds up in a CIA report in the same week,' a retired U.S. military intelligence officer said Thursday. '
article_snippet: It can take some time for us to identify (former detainees) on the field of battle,' said a spokesman for Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain, 'and it would make sense that some recent releases may not yet have been identified or engaged.'
article_snippet: Director of National Intelligence James Clapper concludes Director of National Intelligence James Clapper report by predicting that the problem of Guantanamo recidivism isn't going away. '
article_snippet: the White House typically negotiates terms of release with foreign governments that will accept prisoners, often prisoners home countries.
article_snippet: But even in a more stable country like France, the destination for nine former Guanatanamo inmates – and
article_snippet: even when U.S. places residency and other restrictions on prisoner releases – Clapper admits some will pick up where some once left off. '
article_snippet: While enforcement of transfer conditions may deter reengagement by many former detainees and delay reengagement by others,' Clapper report reads, 'some detainees who are determined to reengage will do so regardless of any transfer conditions.'
article_snippet: LOCKUP, EXTENDED STAY:
article_snippet: Obama pledged to close the prison by early 2010 but has struggled to transfer, try or release the remaining detainees from the facility .
article_snippet: The U.S. secretary of defense, by statute, makes the final determination about which Guantanamo prisoners must stay and which can be resettled in less restrictive settings.
article_snippet: TIME OUT: Republicans want to pass a 2-year moratorium on new Guantanamo Bay prisoner releases but the .
article_snippet: Last month a quartet of Republican senators led by Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire introduced a bill that would make it harder to send anyone home from Guantanamo.
article_snippet: Deputy Press Secretary Eric Schultz told reporters on Feb. 12 aboard Air Force One that 'our position is that the continued operation of Guantanamo Bay, the facility there, weakens our national security, and (it) must be closed.' 'our believe this bill puts more constraints on a process that should be actually working faster.
article_snippet: Guantanamo ODNI Report March 2015 uploaded by DailyMail.com .
highlights_snippet: President Obama vowed as soon as President Obama was inaugurated in 2009 that President Obama would close the military detention center .
  