THE POTUS SECRETARY OF DEFENSE DOING THE DIRTY WORK OF TRANSFERRING GUANTANAMO’S TERRORRIST SCOT FREE TO OTHER COUNTRIES–EVEN AS ISIS GETS OUT OF CONTROL IN THE MIDDLE EAST TARGETING WESTERNERS YET THE POTUS BHO LEFTIST AGENDA OF DOING THE COMFORTING FOR THE ENEMY MUST NOT STOP SINCE THE LAMEST DUCK POTUS IS ALMOST OVER AND 122 TERRORIST ARE STILL LEFT IN GUNATANAMO AND THE LAST TWO SECRETARY OF STATE COULD NOT OPEN THE FRONT GATES WIDE OPEN ENOUGH AND THE NEW SOC CARTER IS WILLING TO FOLLOW THE SAME AGENDA IRREGARDLESS OF THE CONSEQUENCES

The Obama administration intends to transfer up to 10 detainees from the Guantanamo detention center to other countries this month, a senior defense official told Defense One. These would be the first since transfers came to a pregnant pause in January.

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“You’re likely to see some progress in June,” the defense official said Wednesday. “I just talked to the National Security Council and State [Department], so we can say maybe up to 10 — no specific timeframe, but in the near future. And then we’re actively engaged with a number of countries in additional negotiations regarding the 57 that are eligible. But sometime this summer, maybe June, up to 10.”

Of the prison’s 122 detainees, 57 have been cleared for transfer to other countries by the Pentagon as part of an interagency review.

Last year, the Obama administration sped up transfers in a race to empty the detention center before the Republican-led Congress could block attempts to close it. Those transfers came to a halt in January. In April, the Washington Post reported they might start again, and today, the official told Defense One that some June transfers are likely.

These would be the first prisoners to leave Guantanamo under new Defense Secretary Ashton Carter. In February, he replaced Chuck Hagel, who clashed with the administration over his recalcitrance to approve transfers. Ultimately, Hagel transferred 44 Guantanamo detainees — more than half of those in the weeks before he stepped down in November. Still, that was ten times more than his predecessor, Leon Panetta, who transferred just four.

Carter wants to close Guantanamo. “He has also said that he wants to take a holistic approach,” the official said. “So he wants to focus on the 57 who are cleared for transfer, but he wants to see what we’re doing with the rest of those. So he’s thinking about all 122, not just the 57.”

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