WASHINGTON — A presidentially created task force recommended about three dozen Guantanamo Bay detainees face trial or military commissions, two government officials said today.

Such prosecutions would almost certainly take place in the United States.

The two officials said a task for recommended 35 Guantanamo Bay detainees for prosecution. Attorney General Eric Holder has already decided five of those will be tried in New York federal court for their alleged roles in the 2001 terror attacks.

Another six have been chosen to face military commissions. A venue for those commissions has not been decided yet, but the most likely place is a planned prison facility in Illinois to house terrorism-era detainees.

The Obama administration still needs money from Congress to renovate that facility.

As part of President Barack Obama's plan to close the Guantanamo Bay prison, the task force has recommended 47 detainees be held indefinitely without charge. Another 17 detainees who are Yemenis are likely to be held for some time to come, until U.S. counterterrorism officials can find a secure place in their home country or other foreign countries to send them, the officials said.

They also said that a total of about 110 detainees have been approved for transfer.

By The Associated Press