The sun sets behind the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. AP Photo/Alex Brandon
The Hill: Pentagon transfers detainee to Algeria, leaving 30 at Guantanamo
The Defense Department on Thursday announced the transfer of another Guantanamo Bay prisoner, dropping the infamous prison’s population to 30 incarcerated individuals.
The U.S. returned Said bin Brahim bin Umran Bakush, who was captured in Pakistan in 2002, to his home country of Algeria, according to a release from the Pentagon.
Bakush was repatriated after a board hearing last year determined his detention was no longer necessary to protect U.S. national security. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin notified Congress of his release in February.
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