Strawberry Fields (Guantanamo)
In 2003, a secret compound, known as Strawberry Fields, was constructed near the main
Matt Apuzzo and Adam Goldman reported on August 7, 2010, for the
David Johnston and Mark Mazzetti also described the camp in The New York Times in August 2009. They quoted CIA officials, who said that the camp's nickname in 2003 was a reference to the Beatles' song "Strawberry Fields Forever", because the detainees would be held there "forever".[3]
As the
The Supreme Court held that detainees had the right of habeas corpus to challenge their detention before an impartial forum, and none had seen counsel. Up until that time, no detainees had been able to challenge the grounds of his detention. The Supreme Court's ruling would have compelled at least some information about the four detainees to be publicly revealed.
According to
In continuing challenges to the secrecy imposed by the Bush administration, in January 2006,
On May 15, 2006, the DOD published a list of 759 names, which included persons held at the camp from January 2002 to May 15, 2006. By 2006, hundreds had already been released without charges.[5] This list did not include Abu Zubaydah, Abd al-Nashiri, Ramzi bin al-Shibh or Mustafa al-Hawsawi.
In
These four men and ten other "high-value detainees" were transferred from CIA to military custody at Guantanamo in September 2006, by which time the Bush administration was assured of passage of the Military Commissions Act of 2006. The legislation was signed in October. Passed by Congress to authorize the military tribunals the administration wanted for trying detainees, its provisions included a restriction against detainees using federal courts for habeas corpus actions. All pending habeas cases were stayed as a result of the act.
In Boumediene v. Bush (2008), the Supreme Court ruled that the MCA was unconstitutional, as detainees could not be deprived of their fundamental right of habeas corpus. It also ruled that they could access federal courts directly, which the Bush administration had sought to prevent. Numerous actions were refiled in federal courts.
Penny Lane
On November 25, 2013, Goldman and Apuzzo of the Associated Press reported that the CIA operated a second secret camp on the Guantanamo Naval Base, from 2002 to as late as 2006.[6][7] This base, called
See also
- Ghost detainee
- Extraordinary rendition by the United States
References
- ^ a b Matt Apuzzo, Adam Goldman (August 7, 2010). "AP Exclusive: CIA flight carried secret from Gitmo". Associated Press. Archived from the original on August 16, 2010.
- ^ Ben Schott (August 13, 2009). "Strawberry Fields: A disturbing C.I.A. nickname for the Guantánamo Bay detention centre". The New York Times. Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Retrieved March 16, 2010.
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Johnston, David; New York Times. Archivedfrom the original on October 8, 2017. Retrieved March 16, 2010.
Mr. Foggo, nicknamed Dusty, was known inside the agency as a cigar-waving, bourbon-drinking operator, someone who could get a cargo plane flying anywhere in the world or quickly obtain weapons, food, money — whatever the C.I.A. needed.
- ^ a b from the original on August 18, 2010. Retrieved August 11, 2010.
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OARDEC. "List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. Retrieved May 15, 2006.
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"CIA turned Guantanamo Bay detainees into double agents, officials claim". The Guardian. Associated Press. November 26, 2015. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015.
But those aware of the cottages knew it best by its sobriquet, Penny Lane, a nod to the Beatles song and a riff on the CIA's other secret facility at Guantánamo, a prison known as Strawberry Fields.
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Adam Goldman, Matt Apuzzo (November 25, 2013). "The secret Guantanamo Bay facility where CIA turned prisoners into double agents". Washington, DC: The Province. Archivedfrom the original on November 26, 2013.
Some of the men who passed through Penny Lane helped the CIA find and kill many top al-Qaida operatives, current and former U.S. officials said. Others stopped providing useful information and the CIA lost touch with them.