Most Americans do not want President Obama to shut down the United State's terrorist detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, according to a poll released this afternoon. Americans continue to be wary of releasing prisoners with terrorist ties like the ones swapped last month for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl or moving them to prisons in the U.S. Two in three Americans told Gallup that they want president Obama to keep the 149 suspected terrorists being held at Gitmo under lock and key on foreign soil instead of shutting down the camp. The majority of Americans don't want the president to close the terrorist holding facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
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One of candidate Barack Obama's promises was that he would shut down Guantanamo Bay
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The president has been unable to do so because Congress passed legislation restricting him from transferring terrorists to prisons on U.S. soil
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Obama is also legally required to show that detainees he repatriates are unlikely to retaliate against the U.S.
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A new poll shows closing Guantanamo would be an unpopular move even if the president were able to find a way to shut down the detention facility
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Two in three Americans want Obama to keep Gitmo open
Obama did not confer with Congress in the case of @placeholder exchange, but the Obama administration has said they did not break the law because it only applies to prisoner releases, not trades.