On Sunday , the Pentagon announced it transferred six Guantanamo Bay detainees to Uruguay for resettlement as refugees , a move which House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers says should be reconsidered . `` I 've been opposed to this notion that we 're going to farm out Gitmo to places , '' Rogers told Candy Crowley on CNN 's `` State of the Union , '' noting most of the detainees sent to Uruguay are not originally from there . According to Rogers , the foreign intelligence services the United States pays to monitor the newly released detainees in countries such as Uruguay are often ill-equipped to handle the job . `` What we have found in the past is it does n't work very well , '' he said . `` I do n't think that surprises anybody . So I argue that maybe we ought to rethink what we 're doing here . '' Echoing the sentiments of many members of Congress , Rogers said some previously released prisoners are now re-engaged in the terrorist fight . `` We knew that was going to happen , '' Rogers said . `` That 's why those of us who were trying to do the review of this were so concerned , because they were so interested in getting them out , that they forgot to do the due diligence -- I think -- that would allow them to at least protect those that were going to go back into the fight , from getting back into the fight . '' Last week , the Obama administration suffered a huge setback in its attempt to close down the detention camp permanently when the House passed a $ 585 billion defense authorization bill excluding language that would have banned the transfer of any more prisoners to Guantanamo Bay , a stipulation the White House had sought . On Monday , Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin , D-Michigan , said it would also likely be absent from the final bill sent to the President 's desk . `` Our language ( on Guantanamo ) ... will not be in , '' Levin told reporters last week . The President has sought to close Guantanamo Bay since he took office in 2008 -- and issued an executive order to do so in 2009 -- but has faced fierce opposition from members of Congress , like Rogers , who allege that doing so is a threat to national security . Outgoing Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel , who recently announced his resignation in light of administrative pressure , authorized the prisoner release , according to the Pentagon . His reluctance to approve the mission until now could have been a part of the tension leading to his resignation . But House Intelligence Committee member Adam Schiff , D-California , defended Hagel 's decision to delay the authorization of the mission , citing his continued concerns over the timing of the prisoner release . `` There were a couple of things I think Secretary Hagel had some continued concerns over , '' Schiff said on CNN 's `` Newsroom . '' `` He wanted to make sure that he was satisfied that he could sign on the dotted line . '' Schiff pointed to Uruguay 's recent presidential election as one of the roadblocks . `` There was an election taking place in Uruguay , and I think the president -- who agreed to accept these detainees -- did n't want it to be an issue in the presidential campaign , '' Schiff said . `` And so it was stayed until after that election was over . ''
The Pentagon transferred six Guantanamo Bay detainees to Uruguay , it announced Sunday . House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers says the move should be reconsidered . Rogers says previously released prisoners have re-engaged in terrorism .