Washington: President Barack Obama says the US hasn't done a good job sorting out who should be released from the Guantanamo Bay detention center.
Obama says in a broadcast interview that some of the people released from the facility in Cuba have rejoined terrorist groups.
He also adds that US officials have not always been effective in determining which prisoners will be a danger once they are let go.
The Bush administration's policy of holding detainees for years on end with no trials is “unsustainable”, and has only fueled anti-American sentiments, the US President says.
In a taped interview with CBS television's 60 Minutes, he also disputes former vice president Dick Cheney's claim that plans to close Guantanamo will make America less safe.
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