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 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Guantanamo Bay has become a more tightly controlled prison holding a core group of terrorists and committed jihadists, while many detainees no longer seen as a threat have been released or transferred, the detention center's outgoing commander said.
In the past year, the U.S. has shed about a quarter of the detainees at Guantanamo and announced plans to transfer or release dozens more. It also brought in 15 "high-value" prisoners from secret CIA prisons — including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks.
Security also has been overhauled at the detention center at the U.S. military base in southeast Cuba.
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