At one point, the prison warden himself recommended McGowan's transfer out of the CMU citing his good behavior, but the warden was overruled by the Bureau of Prison's Counterterrorism Unit, working with the Joint Terrorism Task Force of the FBI.
甚至有一次，监狱长他自己 都建议鉴于McGowan的优秀表现 将他移出CMU监狱， 但被监狱局与FBI联合反恐特遣部队 合作的监狱反恐部门驳回了请求。