Mar 7, 2017 ... The vast majority of Guantanamo detainees were transferred or released to other  countries before 2009. A total of 780 detainees have been held at Guantanamo  Bay since the detention center was opened in 2001. During the Bush  Administration, 500 detainees were transferred out of the prison or released ...
Mar 9, 2017 ... While correcting President Donald Trump's tweet about Guantanamo Bay  detainees who have returned to the battlefield, White House Press Secretary  Sean Spicer incorrectly claimed that in ... The Bush administration released or  transferred 532 Gitmo detainees, and less than a dozen were court ordered.
Mar 23, 2017 ... Detainees currently held at Guantánamo: 41.1. ☑ Total number of detainees ever  incarcerated at Guantánamo: 780.2. ☑ Detainees released under President Bush : Over 500.3. ☑ Detainees at start of Obama Presidency: 242.4. ☑ Detainees  transferred, repatriated or resettled under Obama: 197.5.
Jun 14, 2008 ... In the wake of the court's decision, pressure will grow on the Bush administration  to close down Guantánamo, which has been a public-relations disaster. The  military has already released more than 500 detainees for a variety of reasons;  most have gone back to their native countries, though there is some ...
Nov 10, 2014 ... Yet Obama and top officials in his administration have somehow convinced the  public that the president has made progress, even though his own actions ... the  right things but does the wrong things," Remes said, noting that the "right thing"  under Bush amounted to the release of more than 500 detainees, ...
Some 500 detainees were released from Guantanamo during the Bush administration.