A U.S. Sailor conducts a patrol while detainees stand by in the background at Camp Delta at Joint Task Force (JTF) Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth/Released)
Officials hoped to begin venting smoke and noxious fumes from a…
Updated: Tuesday, 31 Jan 2012, 1:33 PM EST
Published : Tuesday, 31 Jan 2012, 12:58 PM EST
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. officials are telling lawmakers there's been no decision yet on whether to trade five dangerous Taliban prisoners now held at Guantanamo Bay as part of nascent peace talks with the Taliban.
Director of National Intelligence Jim Clapper told Congress Tuesday that the White House would first have to determine where the prisoners would go and how they would be watched to make sure they did not return to militancy.
At Congress' annual hearing on worldwide threats, Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss said the five men are considered too dangerous to release.
CIA director David Petraeus said his agency had run several possible scenarios to figure out how best to free them, but he and Clapper stressed that Congress would be consulted.
 | With WWLP.com's new commenting system you don't need to register. You can login with an existing Facebook, Yahoo!, Google, or Twitter account and more. |
Advertisement
Email This
Print This
View Story on a Single Page
