Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch stands during the announcement of law enforcement action against the state of North Carolina in Washington, U.S., May 9, 2016. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo 

USA-GITMO/RELEASE-DETAINEES - Charts the status of the remaining detainees at Guantanamo Bay. (SIN02) 

USA-GITMO/RELEASE-TRANSFERS - Charts the number of transfers and recidivism rate for Guantanamo Bay detainees under the Bush and Obama administrations. (SIN01) 

Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohammed Zahir poses for a photo outside his work place in Kabul, Afghanistan November 19, 2015. Picture taken November 19, 2015. To match Special Report USA-GITMO/RELEASE REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail 

Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohammed Zahir speaks during an interview at his work place in Kabul, Afghanistan November 19, 2015. Picture taken November 19, 2015. To match Special Report USA-GITMO/RELEASE REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail 

Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohammed Zahir speaks during an interview at his work place in Kabul, Afghanistan November 19, 2015. Picture taken November 19, 2015. To match Special Report USA-GITMO/RELEASE REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail 

Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohammed Zahir poses for a photo outside his work place in Kabul, Afghanistan November 19, 2015. Picture taken November 19, 2015. To match Special Report USA-GITMO/RELEASE REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail 

Protesters dressed as Guantanamo Bay prisoners take part in an anti-war demonstration to mark the 12th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, in front of the White House in Washington March 21, 2015. REUTERS/James Lawler Duggan 

Former Guantanamo detainee Adel bin Muhammad El Ouerghi (L) from Tunisia gestures while holding a mate cup next to an unidentified member of Uruguay's central workers union Pit-Cn while standing on a balcony in a neighbourhood in Montevideo December 12, 2014. Six former Guantanamo detainees were flown to Uruguay for resettlement on Sunday, the latest step in a slow-moving push by U.S. President Barack Obama to close the widely-condemned prison where most detainees have never been charged or tried. The men were discharged Thursday from a hospital in Montevideo and transferred to a house provided by Uruguay's central workers union Pit-Cnt. Uruguay will treat the six detainees it has taken in from the U.S. camp holding suspected terrorists in Guantanamo Bay as "totally free men" who do not represent any security threat, the defence minister told Reuters on Monday. REUTERS/Andres Stapff (URUGUAY - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY CRIME LAW) 

U.S. marines assist Sudanese Ibrahim Osman, one of two Sudanese detainees released from the Guantanomo facility in Cuba, as he disembarks from an U.S. Air Force plane in Khartoum Airport early December 19, 2013. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah (SUDAN - Tags: CRIME LAW POLITICS) 

No photography signs are posted on the fence surrounding Camp Delta at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, March 6, 2013. The facility is operated by the Joint Task Force Guantanamo and holds prisoners who have been captured in the war in Afghanistan and elsewhere since the September 11, 2001 attacks. Picture taken March 6, 2013. REUTERS/Bob Strong (CUBA - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY CRIME LAW) 

The exterior of Camp Delta is seen at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, March 6, 2013. The facility is operated by the Joint Task Force Guantanamo and holds prisoners who have been captured in the war in Afghanistan and elsewhere since the September 11, 2001 attacks. Picture taken March 6, 2013. REUTERS/Bob Strong (CUBA - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY CRIME LAW) 

An ankle shackle used by prisoners during meetings with their lawyers is seen on the floor of the conference room at Camp VI, a prison used to house detainees at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, March 5, 2013. The facility is operated by the Joint Task Force Guantanamo and holds prisoners who have been captured in the war in Afghanistan and elsewhere since the September 11, 2001 attacks. Picture taken March 5, 2013. REUTERS/Bob Strong (CUBA - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY CRIME LAW) 

The interior of an unoccupied communal cellblock is seen at Camp VI, a prison used to house detainees at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, March 5, 2013. The facility is operated by the Joint Task Force Guantanamo and holds prisoners who have been captured in the war in Afghanistan and elsewhere since the September 11, 2001 attacks. Picture taken March 5, 2013. REUTERS/Bob Strong (CUBA - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY CRIME LAW) 

The interior of an unoccupied cell showing standard issue clothing given to prisoners is seen at Camp VI, a prison used to house detainees at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay March 5, 2013. The facility is operated by the Joint Task Force Guantanamo and holds prisoners who have been captured in the war in Afghanistan and elsewhere since the September 11, 2001 attacks. Picture taken March 5, 2013. REUTERS/Bob Strong (CUBA - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY CRIME LAW) 

The interior of an unoccupied cell showing standard issue clothing given to prisoners is seen at Camp VI, a prison used to house detainees at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay March 5, 2013. The facility is operated by the Joint Task Force Guantanamo and holds prisoners who have been captured in the war in Afghanistan and elsewhere since the September 11, 2001 attacks. Picture taken March 5, 2013. REUTERS/Bob Strong (CUBA - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY CRIME LAW) 

Amnesty International members protest in front of the White House in Washington January 11, 2012. Human rights groups planned protests worldwide on Wednesday to mark the 10th anniversary of the opening of the U.S. military detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, organizers said. REUTERS/Gary Cameron (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) 

GUANTANAMO-OBAMA/ - Map locating Thomson, Illinois where the U.S. is to acquire a prison to house a number of Guantanamo detainees. (SIN09) 

GUANTANAMO-OBAMA/ - Map locating Thomson, Illinois where the U.S. is to acquire a prison to house a number of Guantanamo detainees. (SIN09) 

OLYMPICS/CANADA - Map and country profile, with history timeline. (SIN06) 

A pair of urinals is seen at Camp X-Ray detention facility in Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base August 5, 2009. The facility, which has been left in its present state as it is being preserved as an evidence in law suits and was opened after the deadly Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, became a symbol of detainee abuse and detention without charge under the previous administration of George W. Bush. U.S. President Barack Obama has vowed to close Guantanamo Bay, which currently holds some 225 detainees, and has also ordered a stop to harsh interrogation methods. Picture taken August 5, 2009. REUTERS/Deborah Gembara (CUBA POLITICS CRIME LAW CONFLICT) 

A view of a cell at the medium security prison inside Camp IV at the detention facility in Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base August 4, 2009. The detention facility, which was opened after the deadly Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, became a symbol of detainee abuse and detention without charge under the previous administration of George W. Bush. U.S. President Barack Obama has vowed to close Guantanamo Bay, which currently holds some 225 detainees, and has also ordered a stop to harsh interrogation methods. Picture taken August 4, 2009. REUTERS/Deborah Gembara (CUBA POLITICS CRIME LAW) 

A view of a watch tower at Camp X-Ray detention facility in Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base August 5, 2009. The facility, which has been left in its present state as it is being preserved as an evidence in law suits and was opened after the deadly Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, became a symbol of detainee abuse and detention without charge under the previous administration of George W. Bush. U.S. President Barack Obama has vowed to close Guantanamo Bay, which currently holds some 225 detainees, and has also ordered a stop to harsh interrogation methods. Picture taken August 5, 2009. REUTERS/Deborah Gembara (CUBA POLITICS CRIME LAW CONFLICT) 

A pair of leg shackles is equipped in a solitary television viewing room at a medium security prison inside Camp IV at the detention facility in Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base August 4, 2009. Detainees wear the shackles, which are bolted to the ground, as restraints while viewing television programmes in the room. Picture taken August 4, 2009. REUTERS/Deborah Gembara (CUBA POLITICS CRIME LAW IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A view of a common area at the medium security prison inside Camp IV at the detention facility in Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base August 4, 2009. The detention facility, which was opened after the deadly Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, became a symbol of detainee abuse and detention without charge under the previous administration of George W. Bush. U.S. President Barack Obama has vowed to close Guantanamo Bay, which currently holds some 225 detainees, and has also ordered a stop to harsh interrogation methods. Picture taken August 4, 2009. REUTERS/Deborah Gembara (CUBA POLITICS CRIME LAW CONFLICT) 

Detainees participate in an early morning prayer session at Camp IV at the detention facility in Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base August 5, 2009. The detention facility, which opened after the deadly Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, became a symbol of detainee abuse and detention without charge under the previous administration of George W. Bush. U.S. President Barack Obama has vowed to close Guantanamo Bay, which currently holds some 225 detainees, and has also ordered a stop to harsh interrogation methods. Picture taken August 5, 2009. REUTERS/Deborah Gembara (CUBA POLITICS CRIME LAW RELIGION CONFLICT IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Flags fly above the sign for Camp Justice, the site of the U.S. war crimes tribunal compound, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba July 15, 2009, in this photo, reviewed by the U.S. military. Hearings in four separate cases are being held Wednesday and Thursday, including the case titled U.S. vs Mohammed, with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four fellow Sept. 11, 2001 attack defendants. REUTERS/Brennan Linsley/Pool (CUBA MILITARY POLITICS) 

In this photo, reviewed by the U.S. military, a Guantanamo guard stands inside a doorway at Camp 6 detention facility at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba, May 31, 2009. Camp six is a medium-security facility with the capability of holding in maximum security a portion of its roughly 60 detainees, based on their compliance with rules, according to the U.S. Military. REUTERS/Brennan Linsley/Pool (CUBA) 

In this photo, reviewed by the U.S. military, a Guantanamo guard stands inside a doorway at Camp 6 detention facility at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba, May 31, 2009. Camp six is a medium-security facility with the capability of holding in maximum security a portion of its roughly 60 detainees, based on their compliance with rules, according to the U.S. Military. REUTERS/Brennan Linsley/Pool (CUBA) 

Detainees talk together inside the open-air yard at the Camp 4 detention facility at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba, May 31, 2009. REUTERS/Brennan Linsley/Pool (CUBA MILITARY CRIME LAW CONFLICT) 

Detainees sit together inside the Camp 6 detention facility at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba, May 31, 2009. The United States has made a new request for Australia to accept a group of detainees from Guantanamo Bay for resettlement, a government spokeswoman said on Saturday. The request is the first by President Barack Obama's administration, which plans to close down the detention camp in Cuba within the next year. REUTERS/Brennan Linsley/Pool (CUBA MILITARY POLITICS CRIME LAW) 

An arrow pointing to the direction of Mecca is seen on the floor of the "Camp Four" detention facility movie room at U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay December 10, 2008 in this image reviewed by the U.S. military. Camp Four houses the most "compliant" detainees where they live in a more open, community-oriented manner. REUTERS/Mandel Ngan/Pool (CUBA) 

The outside of the "Camp Five" detention facility is seen at U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay December 10, 2008, in this image reviewed by the U.S. military. Camp Five, modelled after a U.S. maximum security facility, houses the most uncooperative detainees, along with those of high intelligence value. REUTERS/Mandel Ngan/Pool (CUBA) 

A U.S. flag flies above a razorwire-topped fence at the "Camp Six" detention facility at U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay December 10, 2008. Opened in December 2006, Camp Six is the newest detention facility. REUTERS/Mandel Ngan/Pool (CUBA) 

A detainee's bed at maximum security Camp Six at the Guantanamo prison complex for terrorism suspects is seen painted by prison authorities with an arrow pointing toward Mecca July 23, 2008. Picture taken during a camp visit July 23, 2008. REUTERS/Randall Mikkelsen (CUBA) 

Water bottles are stripped of paper labeling as a security precaution for terrorism suspects in maximum-security Camp VI at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, July 23, 2008. They are stored in an unoccupied cell pod at the camp. The military invited a group of news media to view the camp. Picture taken on July 23, 2008. REUTERS/Randall Mikkelsen (CUBA) 

U.S. Navy guards walk inside fencing of Camp VI, the maximum security detention facility for terrorism suspects at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, July 23, 2008. The U.S. military invited news media members to view the facility on Wednesday. Picture taken on July 23, 2008. REUTERS/Randall Mikkelsen (CUBA) 

News photographer Fred Conrad of the New York Times sets up his camera in an unoccupied cell at the Camp 5 high-security detention center on the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, July 23, 2008.The first U.S. war crimes trial since World War Two began this week at the naval base, nearly seven years after the Sept. 11 attacks prompted President George W. Bush to declare war on terrorism. REUTERS/Randall Mikkelsen (CUBA) 

Personal effects given to terrorism suspects are displayed for the media in an unoccupied cell at the Camp 5 high-security detention center on the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, July 23, 2008.The first U.S. war crimes trial since World War Two began this week at the naval base, nearly seven years after the Sept. 11 attacks prompted President George W. Bush to declare war on terrorism. REUTERS/Randall Mikkelsen (CUBA) 

Razor wire forms part of the outer perimeter of the maximum-security Camp 6 detention center for terrorism suspects at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, July 23, 2008. The first U.S. war crimes trial since World War Two began this week at the naval base, nearly seven years after the Sept. 11 attacks prompted President George W. Bush to declare war on terrorism. REUTERS/Randall Mikkelsen (CUBA) 

A guard ascends a staircase in the maximum-security Camp 6 detention center for terrorism suspects at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, July 23, 2008. REUTERS/Randall Mikkelsen (CUBA) 

A guard tower is pictured at the Camp Delta detention center for terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, July 23, 2008. Osama bin Laden's driver knew the target of the fourth hijacked jetliner in the Sept. 11 attacks, a prosecutor said on Tuesday in an attempt to draw a link between Salim Hamdan and the al Qaeda leadership in the first Guantanamo war crimes trial. REUTERS/Randall Mikkelsen (CUBA) 

The Exercise yard at Camp 6, a maximum security facility, is pictured at the Camp Delta detention center for terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba July 23, 2008. Inmates are allowed two hours of exercise per day. Osama bin Laden's driver knew the target of the fourth hijacked jetliner in the Sept. 11 attacks, a prosecutor said on Tuesday in an attempt to draw a link between Salim Hamdan and the al Qaeda leadership in the first Guantanamo war crimes trial. REUTERS/Randall Mikkelsen (CUBA) 

A detained terrorism suspect watches a bird outside his cell at Camp Delta at the U.S. Naval Base on Guantanamo Bay in Cuba July 23, 2008. His section of the detention center, Camp 4, is occupied by those deemed by authorities to be most compliant and the least risk. Osama bin Laden's driver knew the target of the fourth hijacked jetliner in the Sept. 11 attacks, a prosecutor said on Tuesday in an attempt to draw a link between Salim Hamdan and the al Qaeda leadership in the first Guantanamo war crimes trial. REUTERS/Randall Mikkelsen (UNITED STATES) 

U.S. lawyer David Remes, who represents 16 Yemeni prisoners held at the Guantanamo Bay military base in Cuba, takes his trousers off during a news conference in Sanaa July 14, 2008. Remes, who was explaining to journalists the mistreatment that the inmates say they are subjected to, called on the Yemeni government to push for the release of around 100 Yemeni citizens from Guantanamo Bay. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN) 

U.S. lawyer David Remes, who represents 16 Yemeni prisoners held at the Guantanamo Bay military base in Cuba, takes his trousers off during a news conference in Sanaa July 14, 2008. Remes, who was explaining to journalists the mistreatment that the inmates say they are subjected to, called on the Yemeni government to push for the release of around 100 Yemeni citizens from Guantanamo Bay. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN) 

Protesters kneel as they take part in an Amnesty International demonstration, to demand the closure of the Guantanamo detention centre, ahead of U.S. President George Bush's visit to Belfast tomorrow, June 15, 2008. REUTERS/Andrew Winning (NORTHERN IRELAND)