Abstract
The detention camps at the US naval base at Guantánamo Bay (GTMO) opened in 2002 and still operate today. The Bush administration initially justified the camps as necessary to hold the “worst of the worst” terrorists, but we now know that most of the 780 men who were detained at GTMO had little connection to extremist organizations. Furthermore, GTMO has become a recruitment tool for groups like al Qaeda and the Islamic State. Yet 39 men remain indefinitely detained in the camps today.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Specialist publication | Political Violence at a Glance |
| Publication status | Published - 10 Aug 2021 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Guantánamo Bay
- detention camps
- Islamic state
- al Qaeda
- Biden
- black sites
- Bush
- CIA
- Clinton
- COVID-19
- Cuba
- Dakota
- Fort Snelling
- GTMO
- Haiti
- Japanese internment
- Obama
- The Wire
- Trump
- War on Terror
