Friday, October 5, 2012

GITMO BY THE NUMBERS

h/o to D. Remes


Guantánamo Detainee Numbers—october 5, 2012
Population When Obama Took Office—242
Present Population—166
( 242 - 72 transfers - 4 deaths  = 166 )
Approved for transfer
86
Indefinite detention
46
Referred for prosecution
31
Convicted
3
Breakdown of Population of 86 Approved for transfer
DOJ list
55
–Yemenis
*26
–Non-Yemenis
29
Formerly sealed case (Ameziene)
 1
Separate group of 30 Yemenis approved for transfer if outside conditions allow
30
*In January 2010, the President halted the transfer of Yemenis to Yemen.
Historical Numbers
Detainees ever at GTMO
779
Transferred
604
Died 
9
Current
166
President Bush
–Transferred
532
–Died
5
President Obama
–Transferred
72
–Died
4
Military Commissions
President Bush
Convictions
Hicks, Hamdan, Bahlul
3
–Transferred
Hicks and Hamdan
2
–Currently at GTMO
Bahlul
1
President Obama
Convictions
Qosi, Khadr, Mohammed, Kahn
4
–Transferred
Qosi, Khadr
2
–Currently at GTMO
Mohammed, Khan
2
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