WASHINGTON - The February 17 editorial “How to end the enduring stain that is Guantánamo Bay prison” about the malevolent senselessness of opening Guantánamo, the harm it’s still causing and why it must close, got a lot right, according to the Washington Post.

But it was wrong in two key aspects. Second, President Biden does not need Congress’s help to close Guantánamo. The administration can transfer not only the 18 men cleared for release, but also the three men still in the review board process, all three of whom the CIA tortured.

Plea deals in some cases could include serving sentences abroad, as several have previously. If a few men must remain, as long as they are serving criminal sentences (versus indefinite detention), in lawful and humane conditions of confinement, the president could legitimately declare Guantánamo closed.