The Guantanamo Bay detention facility initially created to keep enemy combatants out of battlefield and gather intelligence information has turned out to be a rather problematic issue for United States politicians, harming not only the country's reputation, but involving it in several lawsuits as well. While human rights activists claim that the very existence of such a facility, not to mention the mistreatment of prisoners, is against international law, US government has been trying to dispel this criticism, and many speculate that closing the camp might be a decision officials will have to take sooner or later. In order to find out more about the Guantanamo Bay detention center and the issues associated with it read this book.