Should the US government continue to have voice in shaping the future of Guantánamo Bay?
Your Answers
69% Yes
31% No

yes because we can't simply have an unrealistic isolationist response to the legacy we created

Submitted by SMS

no Don't close the base. Government trying to make it like stateside. It is losing its "uniqueness". 76-79,81-83

Lloyd Richsrds, Ben Wheeler, Texas

no NO. Cuba needs to have full sovereignty!

Lalon Sanders, munich

yes YES!! It is the OLDEST US military base overseas with a valid treaty that is still in effect! The US should have the ONLY say in the shaping of the base!! Just b/c Castro doesn't like it doesn't mean we should leave...

Karen Usiak, Bealeton, VA

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This Week in Guantánamo: 2015 and 2007

February 19, 2015: Former GTMO detainee David Hicks wins a legal challenge against a conviction of providing material support for terrorism. His ‘guilty’ finding is dismissed. Hicks describes ongoing medical problems as a result of his time at GTMO.

March 30, 2007: David Hicks becomes the first GTMO War on Terror detainee to be convicted. He is sentenced to 9 months in jail, to be served in his home country of Australia.