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In this defense press release that was released to reporters today was vague vague on the security agreement reached. so once they leave gitmo and get to a new country they are in essence free to go. >> i suppose a lot of political leaders are out of town. but what is the response in washington? >> reporter: the center for constitutional right that represents some of the detainees said in a statement we are encouraged by additional transfers and resettlements and hope they continue until all pri...

York city with the big ball drop. >> a lot of pink on that map. that means shiver time. >> exactly. well the obama administration moving closer to closing down gitmo with the transfer of five more detainees. shutdowning down the facility is one of the presidents key national security goals but is it the right move? will it make us safer? >> instead of serving as a tool to counter terrorism, it became a symbol that helps al-qaeda recruit terrorist. the existence of guantanamo bay likely created...

That is quite simply a mess. a misguided experiment that left a flood of legal challenges that my administration is forced to deal with on a constant almost daily bases and it consumes the time of government officials whose time should be spent on protecting our country. >> he is suggesting the lawyers defending the gitmo incarceration charges would be better off doing other work. i dont understand why the president suggests that gitmo became a recruiting tool? does he expect us to believe that ...

The terrorist and they should pull back. it is the blame america first party. when you go back to his campaign promises. and susan rice was the campaign spokesperson for policy issues in 2008. she was pushing for them. this is why chuck hagel came forward saying susan rice was pressuring be to shutdown gitmo and i had to push back on susan rice to say my name is signing those forms. and this is a very serious sip situation. i owe the american people to make sure they are not putting terrorist ba...

For the detention center to close. joining us how is an ambassador to the united nations and a fox news contributor. you suggest this is more political than security policies on part of president. explain this. >> when you go back to 2008 when memo was candidate obama he made it clear we wanted to shutdown gitmo. he said and his advisors believe gitmo was a recruiting tool. i find that to be laughable. when we have a prison that puts terrorist inside a prison rather than on the battlefield that ...

Again. admitting the health care law isnt so affordable. >> and a detroit lion player gets his one-game suspension overturned after trying to allegedly hurt a quarterback. >> and a tv star speaking out about why her plastic surgery was the best thing ever. >> and all of that plus one lucky guy coming up head. >> i might sneak in there. watch out. shutdowning down gitmo has been one of the presidents key goals since taking office and with five more detainees transferred out the number is closer...

Prisons. that is making president obama good on one of this goals: shutting down gitmo. catherine heritage is live in washington with more on this. >> reporter: this latest transfer is part of an excelerated push by the obama administration to clear the center. the obama administration is willing to accept more risk and fewer conditions to transfer the men. the state department acknowledges this change in strategy openly. >> we talk about closing guantanamo bay we all wish this was done years ag...

Made sense because he needs drones to close gitmo. gitmo is third base. i may be old, but the abbott and castello routine, thats always the answer. you put these people in there because they are going to kill you and when they get out where do you put them? i dont know. gitmo. >> wait. why is it a given that you need drones to kill gitmo? >> you have to kill the people because have you no place to put them. >> we are talking about an infinite number of people. they think the suicide bombings are...

>> america does not take strikes when we have the ability to capture individual terrorists. our preference is always to detain, interrogate and prosecute. >> he said conventional air power is precise to drones and more likely to cause casualties and outrage. >> conventional air power or missiles are far less precise than drums. and they are likely to cause more civilian casualties and more outrage. >> of course, left unanswered is whether he believes it will be constitutional to kill any citizen...

Huge international law. >> i think his legacy is his biggest legacy. it is toast either way. >> here is the weird contridiction, gavin. the preference is to detain and interrogate, but he wants to close gitmo. how do you do that? where do you keep them? do they stay at your place? >> that was some big shoes to fill there, barry. remember a few weeks ago when drones was the most embarrassing thing and ran paul did that huge speech? it is like somebody pee their pants and they are accused of rape ...