Peter Bergen : The White House is trying to keep the focus on Russia and not President Trump, who has been under fire for his ties with Russia. Transferred to Saudi Arabia in November 2007 during the George W. Bush administration , al-Shiri completed the kingdom 's rehabilitation program and promptly headed to Yemen , where he became AQAP 's deputy commander . He says small number of released Gitmo prisoners have returned to 'battlefield ' Many prisoners are now engaged in a hunger strike , Bergen says . Bergen : Indefinite detention without charge is a tool of dictatorship , not democracy .
Peter Bergen : The White House is trying to keep the focus on Russia and not President Trump, who has been under fire for his ties with Russia. He says small number of released Gitmo prisoners have returned to 'battlefield ' Many prisoners are now engaged in a hunger strike , Bergen says . Bergen : Indefinite detention without charge is a tool of dictatorship , not democracy .