Why place suspected terrorists in a prison in Cuba?
The U.S. base on Guantanamo Bay is conveniently close to the U.S. but highly secure. Also, since Cuba is a foreign territory, the U.S. Justice Department says that it is beyond the jurisdiction of any United States Court. Detainees therefore do not have to get the same legal rights and process as would apply in the American justice system, such as habeas corpus, so they can be held for indefinitely without being charged with a crime. The Bush administration argued that this sort of detention is necessary because it considers the detainees extraordinarily dangerous and potentially full of information about future terrorist attacks.
