The Role Of Detainees In Guantanamo Bay

In January 11, 2002 the first 20 detainees arrive in Guantanamo Bay. They are called “unlawful enemy combatants” and not “prisoners of war” because they do not fall under the rights of the Geneva Conventions. During the arrival of detainees they were placed at Camp X-Ray where detainees were believed to be abused, tortured and held in cages while the new detention facilities were being built. Those accused of torturing detainees were the CIA under the Bush Administration. Reports leaked to the media that detainees were water boarded on numerous occasions bringing the CIA and the U.S. under great scrutiny which led to New Interrogation Teams known as High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group (HIG).