Did Gitmo Detainees Know of Transfer Before Congress?

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Did the detainees in Guantanamo Bay know about the transfer of five senior Taliban commanders before members of Congress?

Sources with knowledge of the transfer tell THE WEEKLY STANDARD that prisoners at Guantanamo understood in the days before the transfer that something significant was imminent and may well have known who was being transferred. The security profile at Guantanamo had been raised, these sources say, and the daily routines of several prisoners had been broken up. 

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