doing this. they were important to us. we wanted to make sure we negotiated for them. this is not to say it was hou house arrest, they could be out shopping, but that does not threaten our security interests. there was four men living in a seaside villa that had no electronic monitoring, but these men were okayed by guantanamo for release and these five were not. and the president promised when he was a candidate to close guantanamo bay, and the transfer of these detainees was part of that, correct? yes, they said it was seen by the administration as an important step towards closing