Kuwaiti Prisoner Leaves Guantanamo - Upi.com

His transfer is the first under a new U.S. protocol of hearings , similar to that of a parole board, which reviews whether Guantanamo inmates need to be imprisoned. It is a goal of the Obama administration to close the prison, and the Pentagon has notified Congress nine other detainees may be transferred -- including six to Uruguay -- by the end of the year. Four others, from Afghanistan, have been the subject of White House discussion. Plans were underway to transfer the four, but officials reassessed the timing of the move after military leaders in the Pentagon and in Afghanistan questioned whether the detainees could return home and cause harm to U.S. troops.