Keep Gitmo open
It's been a busy summer at the Guantánamo Bay detention centre. The joint task force in charge of the 226 remaining detainees is spending about $440,000 to expand the recreation yards at Camp 6. At nearby Camp 4, which offers communal living for the most "compliant" captives, the soccer yard is being enlarged. At Camp 5, a maximum-security facility, a $73,000 classroom is under construction. In March, the task force added art classes to the thrice-weekly instruction it offers in Arabic, Pashtu and English, courtesy of the US taxpayer.
Though President Obama vowed on his second day in office to close the detention centre within a year, Gitmo's officers say they intend to continue spending previously budgeted funds to improve life at the centre until the last detainee leaves.… Seguir leyendo »