A delegation of U.S. Senators, led by Senator John McCain, is in Yemen today to reportedly discuss the Yemeni citizens detained at Gitmo, among other topics. When it comes to closing down the detention facility, the Yemeni detainees pose one of the Obama administration’s most difficult challenges. As Steve Hayes and I have previously reported, this is true for primarily two reasons.

First, there is substantial turmoil inside Yemen, which is now home to one of the strongest al Qaeda affiliates on the planet and is governed by President Saleh’s corrupt and duplicitous government. Second, many of the Yemeni detainees at Gitmo are first-order threats who have been indoctrinated to wage jihad until they have either achieved victory over the “infidels” or died trying.