Terrorism: Guantanamo Bay Detention Center Essay -- Guantanamo Bay, Cu

Detainees held in Guantanamo Bay Detention Center located in Cuba are not only potential terrorists, but are also potential threats to our country, families, and loved ones. Detainees have been stricken of their rights to due process and a fair trial in compliance to George Bush enacting the USA PATRIOT Act, after the September 11th bombings. Guantanamo bay should not be shut down, because the detention center allows us to prevent future attacks to the country, question and gain high value intelligence from terror suspects, and also the island naval base houses some of the most lethal terror threats to the United States. Studies conducted by the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation in â€Å"Leaving Guantanamo, Policies, Pressures, And Detainees Returning To The Fight† show that after September 2011, the U.S. government believes that at least 27 percent of former Guantanamo Bay detainees were confirmed or suspected to or have been engaged in terrorist activities (Leaving Guantanamo). The detainees are very dangerous and with the increased hatred for the U.S. as a result of the detention of terror group members, the U.S. cannot afford to give up such high value intelligence. Edwin Meese from CNN.com in his article titled: â€Å"Guantanamo Bay prison is necessary†, puts the value of some detainees into perspective; detainees such as Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who was the architect of the September 11th bombings, is housed in solitary confinement and is under questioning (Meese 1). Not only are the detainees dangerous, but also they are insurgents with an increased awareness of our detention center, and terror group activities have risen in groups such as the Taliban and Al-Qaeda. Scholar Yin Tung Of Harvard Journ... ...ism Increases | Washington Free Beacon." Washington Free Beacon Number of Released Gitmo Detainees Returning to Terrorism Increases Comments. N.p., 9 Sept. 2013. Web. 31 Mar. 2014. III, Edwin Meese. "Guantanamo Bay Prison Is Necessary." CNN. Cable News Network, 11 Jan. 2012. Web. 30 Mar. 2014. Seligson, Susan. "BU Today." BU Today RSS. N.p., 28 May 2013. Web. 31 Mar. 2014. Seyn, Johan. "Cambridge Journals Online - International & Comparative Law Quarterly - Abstract - Guantanamo Bay: The Legal Black Hole." Cambridge Journals Online - International & Comparative Law Quarterly - Abstract - Guantanamo Bay: The Legal Black Hole. N.p., 17 Jan. 2008. Web. 31 Mar. 2014 29 Harv. J.L. & Pub. Pol'y 158 (2005-2006) Ending the War on Terrorism One Terrorist at a Time: A Noncriminal Detention Model for Holding and Releasing Guantanamo Bay Detainees; Yin, Tung