Patriot Update

Military and federal prisons in the United States could house the 166 detainees currently held in Guantanamo Bay, but there are legal and logistical complications that would require the facilities to be modified, a report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found.

The GAO report, which was requested by Senate Intelligence Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), investigated prisons run by the military and Justice Department for their viability to house Guantanamo detainees, many of whom are accused of terrorism charges.

The report found there were 98 federal Bureau of Prison facilities that have custody of inmates charged with or convicted of terrorism-related crimes, and six Defense Department facilities that can house servicemembers charged with crimes for more than one year.