how many guantanamo bay prisoners have been released
More than 500 Guantanamo detainees were released or transferred under Bush. By Bill Adair on Thursday, June 18th, 2009 at 6:12 p.m. For weeks, Republicans have questioned the wisdom of closing the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. President Barack Obama plans to transfer the approximately 230 remaining detainees to other countries or to prisons in the United States.