Detainees at Guantanamo Bay. This provision makes sense for the security of this country and it makes sense for good intelligence collection. The ban on transfers to yemen is a very critical aspect of this amendment. The amendment bans any detainee transfers to yemen until december 31, 2014. Its been four years since the president posed a moratorium on transfers to yemen from guantanamo following the failed airplane bombing attempt on Christmas Day 2009 by umar farouk. At that time yemen was viewed as a hot spot for terrorists especially with the rise of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. Now four years later not much really has changed except for the rising recidivism rate. We know that former detainees have rejoined aqap both as leaders as well as members. We know that former detainees have rejoined we know that yemen continues to struggle with terrorist groups who are trying to make sure it remains an aqap strong hold. And we know that aqap continues to look for ways like the 2009 f