Lynch: No Gitmo transfers to U.S. without a law change

Attorney General Loretta Lynch reassured a Senate panel Wednesday that the Obama administration will not attempt to transfer Guantanamo Bay detainees to the United States without a change in law.

“The law currently prohibits a transfer to U.S. soil, and the president would have to work with Congress,” Lynch told the Senate Judiciary Committee. “Congress would have to consider any relevant changes that could be made to the law before any transfers could be taken.”