Opened after the 9/11 attacks, the prison at Guantanamo is still up and running
by editors@theworld.org (Matthew Bell) from The World: Latest Stories on (#6ZYM4)
In the months following the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, the US government established a special military prison for "illegal enemy combatants" at Guantanamo Bay, in Cuba. Since then, hundreds of terrorism suspects have been held in detention there. Former President Barack Obama - and, after him, President Joe Biden - pledged to close the facility. But that never happened. During his first term, President Donald Trump signed an order to keep the military prison open indefinitely. Host Marco Werman speaks with Carol Rosenberg of the New York Times from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, about where things stand now.