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What is open now is a new soccer field for the detainees at a cost of $744,000. that price is important because anything over $749,000 has to be approved by congress. in addition, the issue of recidivism for detainees is back in the spotlight because of a libyan who, based on our reporting, he trained the militants who attacked the consulate on benghazi. he was here at guantanamo bay until 2007 when he was transferred back to the libyans. a year three, he was released by muammar qaddafi to appease the islamist. four years ago, candidate obama said he would close guantanamo bay. that was the fi...

Defending the construction of a $744,000 soccer field for terror suspects at guantanamo bay. rear admiral david wood said the brand new field complete with lights will only be used by well behaved prisoners. 120 inmates out of the 171 being held at gitmo will have access to the field and he says it's good for their morale. as for the cost, woods says, it's expensive to build at the base because every piece of equipment has to be shipped there by barge or plane due to the cuban embargo. my only question about that is why do they need lights on it? isn't it good enough to play during the dayligh...

Moved from a large open care camp to a new camp. let's listen: >> what the colder here was trying to do was make sure we continue to maintain the same standards that we've always had here, and recognizing, again, that when the detainees move from four to six, this was one of -- again, this was the first new camp, this was one of the things that the detainees enjoyed the most was the large recreation area. >> reporter: well, there are two key takeaways here. number one is the price. what i was told down at the base is that anything over $749,000 needs congressional approval. this project was ac...

Base adding their mission to keep detainees under safe conditions to provide socialization. gitmo officials were asked how the project compared to other others. >> say whether this is the largest construction going on right now? >> let me check that fact but i'm pretty sure it is. i can't think of anything else. >> anything else on that scale? >> the price tag of $744,000 is significant. depending on spokesman -- pentagon spokesman confirmed anything over $749,000 needs congressional approval. so far, democrats are silent on the issue. aclu, human rights watch and amnesty international had no ...

This in round after round today. >> bret: very scary. rick reichmuth, we'll continue to follow this on fox news channel. people should tune in to the local stations as well to get the warnings. rick, thank you. the story we brought you earlier in week in the grape grape, about a new soccer field for terror suspects at guantanamo bay has obviously a lot of people really upset. especially over the $750,000 cost. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge has latest on the reaction. good evening. >> good evening. fox news broke the story tuesday. members of the house and staffer from t...