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criticism from around the world.
In 2011, the Obama administration added a new soccer field for
some of the cooperative detainees,
along with covered walkways that
allow them to move between cellblocks unescorted.
The joke around Gitmo is that
the detainees enjoy nicer facilities than the guards, who live in
temporary metal trailers scattered
all over the base. But the guards,
too, may soon get an upgrade. The
commander of the base, Capt. John
Nettleton, recently told Reuters
that he wants to build a new cafeteria for the camp’s personnel,
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along with a permanent barracks.
Some of the most significant
changes have taken place at Camp
Justice, the section of the base
that houses the court facilities and
the tent city for visiting lawyers,
human rights observers, journalists and court officials. The Bush
administration had proposed a
major $125 million expansion,
including a new courthouse and a
hotel to replace the tent city. Congress balked at the project, however, and then-Defense Secretary
Robert Gates quickly condemned
it. The $12 million substitute,
technically a temporary facility,
was completed in 2008.
The windowless, barn-like
structure looks like something
Accused
Sept. 11 codefendent
Mustafa
Ahmed Adam
al-Hawsawi is
shown while
attending
his military
hearing on
May 5, 2012.