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Javon Arlee January 8, 2009 How long has Guantanamo Bay U.S Naval base been in use? Guantanamo bay is the oldest overseas US naval base. It covers 45 square miles of the coast of Cuba. The U.S. has been leasing this land from Cuba since 1898 after the Spanish-American war. Since 2002 a portion of the dentition centers on the base has been used to house militant Al caeda and Taliban POW. What were the views of the different presidents during the period it has been in use? The Bush administration supported the way the detainment camps were being used and actually gave former president George W. Bush the idea that it was totally legal for captured enemy combatants and suspected terrorist can be subjected to having their rights taken away and put in a jail without trial on this Naval base because it is outside of U.S. jurisdiction and the Geneva conventions protection cannot reach them. Current president Obama’s main campaign promises were to shut sown GITMO and transfer the detainees to another prison. When he first officially came into office he realized it was not that easy he had to find a prison to take these detainees in and have security measures to make sure they don’t spread extremist beliefs to the main jails population. He has just as recently as December 15, 2009 to transfer all GITMO detainees to Thompson Correctional center in Thompson, Illinois. What do the leaders of Communist Cuba have to say on the subject of the naval base? Fidel Castro former dictator of Cuba has been quoted as saying he wants Guantanamo Bay back. He says it has no Value to the U.S and the U.S has been leasing it since the end of the Spanish American war. Castro goes on to say that if the us doesn’t give back Guantanamo bay it’s because of arrogance not of need. Why did the Us use this naval base in Cuba as their POW camp? Former President Bush was advised that if these enemy combatants are held in GITMO they are not legally in the U.S jurisdiction saw the Laws set by the Geneva Convention do not apply to them. How these are POW treated being treated? Detainees are officially reported as being treated humanely, Yet former president Bush has said the minimum standard of human treatment as set by the Geneva convention does not apply to them. 