House votes to halt Guantanamo detainee transfers

Within minutes of the vote, the House Republicans' campaign committee sent out a news release with the headline, "Democrats vote to close GITMO and bring terrorists to U.S. soil (again)."

Republican backers said the transfers could allow some detainees to eventually return to terrorism and could threaten American communities when prisoners are transferred to prisons on U.S. soil.

The Pentagon is still weighing which maximum security facilities could handle the remaining detainees.

According to a report released Wednesday by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, 122 of 693 detainees transferred out of the prison, or 17.6 percent, have returned to fighting.