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.
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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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