Stories/Essays: Inside GTMO: GTMO03-01

A spider sits in its web near a dilapidated guard tower overlooking Camp X-Ray on the United States Naval Station in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. In 2002 Camp X-Ray was used to house detainees captured on the battle fields of Afghanistan, but was closed in November 2002 after only four months of use once construction on Camp Delta was completed. (© Mike Brown)

A spider sits in its web near a dilapidated guard tower overlooking Camp X-Ray on the United States Naval Station in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. In 2002 Camp X-Ray was used to house detainees captured on the battle fields of Afghanistan, but was closed in November 2002 after only four months of use once construction on Camp Delta was completed.  

(© Mike Brown)