The whole guantanamo thing evolved slowly over many presidencies but few senate/congressional bodies. Its turned into a hot potato. https://en.wikipedia.org/w

The whole guantanamo thing evolved slowly over many presidencies but few senate/congressional bodies. Its turned into a hot potato. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enhanced_interrogation_techniques https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enhanced_interrogation_techniq... George W. Bush approved enhanced interrogation and rolled out black sites, Barack Obama closed those sites but failed to close Guantanamo, and Trump seems to be content to keep it open. Republican senators are ardently opposed to trials for detainees on US soil, and dont have a solution for the camp other than to keep it open until the population passes away peacefully or foreign nations start accepting them as immigrants. https://www.defenseone.com/politics/2019/04/guantanamo-nursing-home-terrorist-suspects/156575/ https://www.defenseone.com/politics/2019/04/guantanamo-nursi... The oldest man in GITMO currently is 71. Each of these detainees receives the same care as a US Soldier, but frankly doesnt contribute much. Our reasoning for keeping them there (often against overwhelming evidence of their innocence) has been contemptuous at some times, comical at others. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casio_F-91W#Usage_in_terrorism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casio_F-91W#Usage_in_terrorism Id surmise 20 years after 9/11 that GITMO is a sore spot in US politics most bureaucrats are content to just pretend never existed. It hasnt produced the Jack Bauer results we'd all been promised. Its arguably not been much of a detention center at all in the past decade. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2157134/PlayStation-3s-art-classes-gym-Behind-bars-Guantanamo-Bay-worlds-notorious-prison.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2157134/PlayStation... The only concerning human rights fallout from this is that some countries are now more recalcitrant about handing over their citizens to US law enforcement, and many designated enemies are now more emboldened to use torture freely against US soldiers and citizens as we are now on the record as having employed torture ourselves.