US intelligence finds 28,6 percent of released Gitmo prisoners returning to fight.

US intelligence finds 28,6 percent of released Gitmo prisoners returning to fight. (TheHill).

A new report predicts a number of detainees held at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba prison will return to terrorism if they are transferred.

The report could hurt President Obama's hopes of closing Guantanamo by the end of his presidency, which would fulfill a campaign pledge.

The report said transfers to countries with ongoing conflicts and internal instability as well as active recruitment by insurgent and terrorist organizations "pose particular problems."

"Based on trends identified during the past eleven years, we assess that some detainees currently at GTMO will seek to reengage in terrorist or insurgent activities after they are transferred," the bi-annual report released Wednesday by the Director of National Intelligence concludes.

The report said that while there are some ways to deter and delay reengagement, some detainees "who are determined to reengage will do so regardless of any transfer conditions."

The rate of those confirmed to have "reengaged" in terrorist activities after their release has increased slightly. Twelve more former detainees are confirmed to have returned to the fight in the last year, according to the report.

Overall, the number of those confirmed and suspected of reengaging in terrorism has dropped to 28.6 percent from 29 percent.

There are 122 detainees left at the facility, after Obama begun a major push late last year to transfer more detainees from the facility. Read the full story here.