Guantanamo Military Prison Stays Open As Future Status Remains Uncertain

GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA – OCTOBER 27: (EDITORS NOTE: Image has been reviewed by U.S. Military prior to transmission.) A ‘non-compliant’ detainee is escorted by guards after showering inside the U.S. military prison for ‘enemy combatants’ on October 27, 2009 in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Although U.S. President Barack Obama pledged in his first executive order last January to close the infamous prison within a year’s time, the government has been struggling to try the accused terrorists and to transfer them out ahead of the deadline. Military officials at the prison point to improved living standards and state of the art medical treatment available to detainees, but the facility’s international reputation remains tied to ‘enhanced interrogation techniques’ such as waterboarding employed under the Bush administration. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)