"I
would expect, at this point, additional transfers to be announced,"
said Josh Earnest, the White House press secretary. He characterized the
moves, which come in the final weeks of Obama's administration, as
continuing the long-running effort to clear detainees from the prison.
Earlier
Tuesday, Trump revived the hot-button topic of the prison facility at
Guantanamo Bay, also known as Gitmo, in a Twitter message warning
against further prisoner transfers before he takes office.
"There
should be no further releases from Gitmo. These are extremely dangerous
people and should not be allowed back onto the battlefield," Trump
tweeted Tuesday.
Earnest said Obama would not factor Trump's tweet into his decision-making on the prison.
Trump,
he said, would have "an opportunity to implement the policy that he
believes will be more effective when he takes office on January 20."
Trump's
message, consistent with his campaign promise to keep the facility open
and even increase the number of detainees, came shortly after the
President-elect criticized House Republicans for prioritizing a vote to
gut Congress' independent ethics panel over other important issues,
causing the House GOP to back down on the change.
NEWS SOURCE: CNN.
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