The secret files include intelligence assessments of nearly 700 Guantanamo Bay detainees. (Reuters: Joe Skipper )CNN: Carter readies plan to bring Gitmo detainees to U.S.
(CNN) Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Thursday he is readying a plan for President Barack Obama that would house some remaining Guantanamo Bay detainees in a secure facility in the U.S.
"That plan will propose bringing those detainees to an appropriate, secure location in the United States," Carter said. "While we work with Congress on a way forward, we will continue to transfer Guantanamo detainees to other countries when and as we have mitigated the risk to the United States."
A senior administration official said the plan does not include naming a specific site for relocation but rather includes a list of potential locations.
The possibilities are understood to include the federal Supermax prison in Florence, Colorado; the military prison in Leavenworth, Kansas; and the Naval Consolidated Brig in Charleston, South Carolina.
The official said Obama is in the "final stages" of reviewing the plan.
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Update: Pentagon Sends Obama Plan to Close Guantanamo, Move Detainees to US (Defense One)
WNU Editor: This is going to cause a fire-storm with Congress .... doubly so since this is an election year.
I'm interested to see what's going to happen to the prison once all the detainees are done packing out of there. I hope that they figure out a way to make the most out of that big plot of land.
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