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
© 2012 / David Remes / remesdh@gmail.com / 202-669-6508