First, President Obama announced that he was closing Guantanamo Bay to fulfill two campaign promises without a plan on the future of the detainees. Then came the release of Binyam Mohammed, a terrorist who admitted to training at various al-Qaeda camps and has alleged to have plotted multiple attacks on American soil. Following Binyam has been a laundry list of releases, transfers and additional delays. And as the deadline to closing GITMO inches closer and closer, the American people have yet to see a plan on how the government will protect our nation and our allies from these terrorists.

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U.S. to move some Guantanamo prisoners to Illinois

Reuters

December 15, 2009

WASHINGTON, Dec 15 (Reuters) - The Obama administration said on Tuesday it will move some Guantanamo Bay detainees to an Illinois prison and hold U.S. military commission trials there in plans immediately criticized as risky by Republicans.

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Facts on GITMO

The Guantanamo Bay Naval Detention Center is located at the southeastern tip of the island of Cuba.

The facility has been operated by Joint Task Force Guantanamo of the United States government since 2002.

Guantanamo Bay has held almost 800 detainees since 2002 and as of November 2009, 215 remain at the facility.

Citizens from 49 countries have been held at Guantanamo Bay

Afghanistan (221 detainees), Saudi Arabia (140), and Yemen (111), and Pakistan (71) have had the most citizens held at Guantanamo Bay.

Fifteen high value detainees remain at Guantanamo Bay. One high value detainee, Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani has been transferred to New York for a federal trial.

The Military Commissions Act of 2006 created a trial system at Guantanamo Bay. It passed the Senate with a vote of 65-34 and the House of Representatives with a vote of 250-170-12 in September 2006 and signed in to law in October 2006.

Detainee of the Week

Every week we will spotlight one detainee. For more information on the high value detainees currently at GITMO please visit Detainee Information by clicking here

Abd al Rahim al-Nashiri (Mastermind of USS Cole Bombing)

Abd al Rahim al-Nashiri was captured in the United Arab Emirates in October, 2002. He was delivered to the Guantanamo Bay Detention Center in September, 2006. He is a citizen of Saudi Arabia.

Abd al Rahim al Nashiri has received military training and explosives training and has trained others in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Chechnya. Mr. al-Nashiri facilitated the entry of the Nairobi suicide bomber into Kenya with a false Yemeni passport. Two hundred twenty-four people died, including twelve Americans following that attack. The detainee purchased the boat and the explosives and transported them to Aden for the attack on the USS COLE. Seventeen American sailors died in the October, 2000 attack.

United States of America v. Abd al Rahim al Nashiri: Charges dropped without prejudice, February 6, 2009 and Mr. al-Nashiri remains at Guantanamo Bay.