The U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay has been opened for since just after the September 11, 2001 attacks yet the military tribunal system there has produced only one conviction (through a plea bargain). Hundreds have been freed after having never been charged with any crime, yet Defense Secretary Robert Gates told a year-end Pentagon news conference that the government has made little progress toward its “vowed goal of closing” the prison. (AFP)
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