Lawmakers chide administration for losing track of detainee
Lee Wolosky, special envoy at the State Department for closing Guantanamo, and his counterpart, Paul Lewis, at the Pentagon, defended the administration's efforts to minimize the risk to national security when transferring detainees.
Defense officials, in conjunction with the intelligence community, then review the receiving country's ability to mitigate any possible threat.
"Under no circumstances is the Obama administration simply opening the gate and releasing dangerous terrorists onto the street," Engel said.
Eisenberg said he spoke by phone with Dhiab on June 5 to discuss the ongoing litigation by media organizations, including The Associated Press, seeking to force the U.S. government to release videotapes of him being force-fed while on he was on hunger strike at Guantanamo.