McCaul and Homeland Security Republicans Demand Answers on Obama Administration Plans for Guantanamo Detainees

Washington, D.C. —Today, Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX 10), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security Intelligence Committee, joined U.S. Rep. Peter T. King (R-NY), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, and Committee Republicans sending a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano requesting the Administration release information on how it plans to transfer, prosecute, and possibly release Guantanamo detainees. In February, Rep. McCaul joined Rep. King on the first House delegation trip to the Guantanamo Bay detention facility since the President’s decision to close the facility within a year.

According to the letter sent to Holder and Napolitano, multiple sources within the Federal government have claimed that the decision has already been made to transfer High Value Detainees from Guantanamo Bay to the United States. In addition, on March 26, 2009 Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair stated that detainees deemed "non-threatening" could be released into the United States and possibly given monetary support from the U.S. government.