{"id":2387498,"date":"2025-01-07T15:29:06","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T20:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-nearly-halves-guantanamo-bay-population-with-overnight-secret-mission\/"},"modified":"2025-01-07T15:29:51","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T20:29:51","slug":"biden-admin-nearly-halves-guantanamo-bay-population-with-overnight-secret-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-nearly-halves-guantanamo-bay-population-with-overnight-secret-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Admin Nearly Halves Guantanamo Bay Population with Overnight &#8216;Secret Mission&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-admin-nearly-halves-guantanamo-bay-population-with-overnight-secret-mission%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2387498&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a notable move \u2063during his <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">transitional period<\/a>, \u200dPresident Joe \u200dBiden significantly reduced teh population of\u200b Guantanamo Bay prison by transferring 11 \u2062Yemeni nationals back to\u200b Oman. \u2064This transfer, reported to be a secret operation, involved individuals\u2064 who were \u2062former members of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-orders-military-wide-stand-down-to-address-white-supremacy-extremism-in-ranks\/\" title=\"Pentagon Orders Military-Wide \u2018Stand-Down\u2019 To Address \u2018White Supremacy,\u2019 Extremism In Ranks\">al-qaida<\/a> and captured after the 9\/11 attacks. The decision met with bipartisan criticism, especially from conservatives who view the release as\u2063 a risky endorsement\u2064 of \u2064terrorism. GOP\u2062 Rep. \u2063Marjorie Taylor \u2062Greene labelled the action as &#8220;utterly shameful,&#8221; highlighting concerns about\u2064 national security as these detainees were sent back to the Middle East. Despite objections from Congress and public outcry, the Biden administration proceeded\u200c with the transfer, leaving Gitmo with only 15 prisoners\u2014the fewest since its opening \u200bin 2002. The transfer raised further \u2063debates regarding the implications\u200c for\u2064 both domestic and international \u200csecurity \u2063in \u200cthe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nikki-haley-accepts-cnn-debate-following-desantis-attacks\/\" title=\"Nikki Haley agrees to CNN debate after DeSantis criticism\">current geopolitical climate<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden&rsquo;s pardons and commutations have already made his lame-duck transitional period notorious.<\/p>\n<p>Now, in what <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/06\/us\/politics\/guantanamo-prisoners-oman.html?unlocked_article_code=1.nU4.ZS3-.QWunaCujl_QK&amp;smid=url-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a> described as a &ldquo;secret operation&rdquo; early Monday, he&rsquo;s nearly halved the population of the country&rsquo;s most notorious prison for terrorists and terrorism suspects.<\/p>\n<p>He sent Guantanamo Bay prisoners back to the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>The transfer was announced in an after-the-fact <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/Releases\/Release\/Article\/4022534\/guantanamo-bay-detainee-transfer-announced\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news release<\/a> from the Defense Department, which stated that 11 Yemeni nationals had been shipped from the American military base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the Sultanate of Oman.<\/p>\n<p>All of the men are former members of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/al-qaida-declares-victory-afghanistan-biden-prepares-pull-us-troops\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">terrorist group al-Qaida<\/a> who were captured in the aftermath of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/9-11-survivor-visits-ground-zero-first-time-anniversary-attack-incredible-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2001 terrorist attacks<\/a>, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/01\/06\/nx-s1-5249126\/u-s-transfers-guantanamo-prisoners-oman#:~:text=In%20the%20most%20dramatic%20step%20in%20years%20to,to%20help%20resettle%20them%20and%20provide%20security%20monitoring\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NPR<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Two of the men are suspected of having served as bodyguards to the now-deservedly deceased al-Qaida leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/seal-shot-bin-laden-osama-died-scared-sless-hiding-behind-wife\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Osama bin Laden<\/a>, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/01\/06\/us-news\/biden-admin-releases-11-yemeni-detainees-from-guantanamo-bay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration was on the cusp of releasing them to Oman back in October 2023 when the plan was &ldquo;derailed&rdquo; by objections in Congress, according to the Times.<\/p>\n<p>And there are still objections in Congress.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on the social media platform X, GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia called the move &ldquo;utterly shameful.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>She was replying to a post by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, who&rsquo;d used the same words to describe reports that President-elect Donald Trump planned to pardon some of those convicted for their role in the Capitol incursion of Jan. 6, 2021.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It is utterly shameful that today the Biden administration released 11 Yemeni terrorists from Guantanamo Bay and sent them back to Oman.<\/p>\n<p>Releasing Islamic terrorists who would kill every American in the name of their god is a dangerous endorsement of terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>It is wrong. It&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zsuaAvLXeH\">https:\/\/t.co\/zsuaAvLXeH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (@RepMTG) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMTG\/status\/1876405341606531559?\">January 6, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And there was plenty of opposition elsewhere, too.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s trying to cause as much damage as possible on his way out,&rdquo; the conservative LibsofTikTok X account commented.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">JUST IN: Joe Biden has released 11 Yemeni t*rrorists from Guant&aacute;namo Bay who were captured in the aftermath of the 9\/11 attacks.<\/p>\n<p>He&rsquo;s trying to cause as much damage as possible on his way out. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aynURQRIiJ\">pic.twitter.com\/aynURQRIiJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1876383957672956110?\">January 6, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Infuriating,&rdquo; wrote conservative commentator Nick Sorter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BREAKING<\/a>: Joe Biden has just RELEASED 11 YEMENI TERRORlSTS from Guantanamo Bay just days before leaving office<\/p>\n<p>Infuriating.<\/p>\n<p>These terr*rists were captured in the aftermath of 9\/11, and despite the rapidly deteriorating state of the Middle East, Biden decided to send them&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/42w3xIX2Y7\">pic.twitter.com\/42w3xIX2Y7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nicksortor\/status\/1876377410666741885?\">January 6, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Conservative radio host Jimmy Failla took a more comical perspective:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The bad news is Biden just released 11 Guantanamo Bay detainees. The good news is The View just lost its last 11 viewers.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jimmy Failla (@jimmyfailla) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jimmyfailla\/status\/1876646108027343269?\">January 7, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The bad news is Biden just released 11 Guantanamo Bay detainees,&rdquo; he wrote. &ldquo;The good news is The View just lost its last 11 viewers.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Times reported that the transfer left the prison &mdash; a culturally and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/desantis-flips-reporter-drops-bombshell-claim-gov-gitmo-prisoners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">politically charged institution<\/a>&nbsp;popularly known as &ldquo;Gitmo&rdquo; &mdash; with just 15 prisoners, in two buildings with room for 250.<\/p>\n<p>It is the fewest it&rsquo;s held since it opened with 20 prisoners in January 2002, according to the Times.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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