Guantanamo Bay
FRONTLINE investigated how the U.S. government has used the naval base and prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Our reporting examined how the government first held people there outside the reach of U.S. law, what happened in the controversial military prison, and why the struggle over freeing prisoners once deemed international terrorists has been so complex.
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