President Obama’s spokesman on Friday wouldn’t confirm whether the U.S. pays third-party countries to take detainees released from the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Experts have speculated that Washington has to pay handsomely to convince other nations to accept and detain the prisoners.

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