mr. worosky and mr. lewis, welcome back, thank you for your service. last time you, gentlemen, were here i made my views of guantanamo be clear and i ask that my opening statement be include in this hearing. >> without objection. >> to recap, national security experts agree with me and i have a letter here from 36 retired generals and admirals calling for the prison's closure and i ask that it be included in the record. the prison is a waste of money a propaganda for terrorists. it's the end of story as far as the prison goes. there were, however, issues raised about transferred detainees that deserve follow up and i say transferred rather than released because it's an extensive process that goes to removing detainee from the prison and sending him to another country it's not as though they just set loose but it is important to know how exactly we are monitoring transfer-detainees and assessing the risk they pose. those are good questions but because they deal with intelligent settings, we can only classify in settings. i hope that after this hearing i