In a speech on May 21, 2009, "President Obama reaffirmed his pledge to follow the 'imperative' of closing Guantanamo within a year, adding that the facility had 'likely created more terrorists around the world than it ever detained.' Indeed, he said, 'By any measure, the costs of keeping it open far exceed the complications involved in closing it.' "
– Dick Cheney, In My Time, 522