What's the real reason for Gitmo ?

[moof]

Not the party line but what are the main real reasons for the exercise in fulility at Gitmo ?

Is it part of the bigger plan to expand the Dictator's powers?

Is it to make a precedent to be able to pick up anyone even americans off the street anywhere on Earth & make them disappear ?

What is the real unstated purpose of Gitmo?

[No2W2004]

1. Training purposes

For when Terra forces W to declair state of emergency and start putting away the 'terraist' liberals

[Disturbed]

2. Info

To be able to extract info from people with no restrictions!

[Must_B_Free]

3. an secret black hole to make

enemies and problems go away without a trace.

[cosmicdot]

4. Halliburton profited

July 2002 GUANTANAMO DETENTION CENTER, CUBA – Halliburton is awarded a $9.7 million contract to build an additional 207 cell internment center at the US naval base in Guantanamo, Cuba to hold suspected Al Qaeda and Taliban prisoners. The treatment of the prisoners held in Guantanamo has been widely criticized by human rights groups including Amnesty International.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2733397.stm; Charles Aldinger, "Halliburton to Build New Cells at Guantanamo Base" Reuters, July 27, 2002, http://www.commondreams.org/headlines02/0727-02.htm; Amnesty International Newswire, April 2002, http://web.amnesty.org/web/wire.nsf/April2002/guantanamo>

http://www.polarisinstitute.org/corp_profiles/public_service_gats/corp_profile_ps_halliburton.html

[Laughing Mirror]

5. It is a death camp

And nothing less than that.

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

6. To deflect attention away from

the use of Egypt, Saudi & Syrian prisons (think torture) as proxies for interrogation. Plus to divert away from the fact that all the major terrorists (Ramzi Binalshibh, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, etc) are in a mystery location.

Other than that -- as an upfront PR -- come to Afghanistan & you'll end up here deal -- I can't think of any reason why the people in Guantanamo couldn't be dealt with in Bagram air base.

[moof]

7. if the talk is about Gitmo there is no talk about other places,

That sounds like the most likely reason so far.
Not that halliburton would pass up some bucks but 10 million is hardly worth the effort & press that is being generated by the place,it seems that this going to the SCOTUS is part of the orginal intent.

[NNN0LHI]

8. I think this soldier knew, but he ain't talking

http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Nov2002/b11012002_bt560-02.html

MISSING SOLDIER DECLARED DEAD

The Department of Defense today announced that Sgt. Ryan D. Foraker, 31, of Logan, Ohio, has been declared dead. Foraker was reported missing from his unit in Guantanamo, Cuba, on Sep. 24. Exhaustive ground, sea, and air searches were conducted in an effort to locate him but were unsuccessful.

Foraker's clothes and personal effects were found near the water's edge, leading the investigating officer, absent any evidence to the contrary, to determine that Foraker had died in the waters of Guantanamo Bay. An extensive criminal investigation uncovered no reason to suspect foul play.

Foraker was assigned to the 342nd Military Police Company, U.S. Army Reserve, Columbus, Ohio, which was deployed as part of Operation Enduring Freedom to support detainee operations in Guantanamo.