United States: the empire of barbarism The secret behind Guantánamo http://www.voltairenet.org/article165458.html

You think that you are informed about what happened at Guantánamo and you are astonished that President Obama is reluctant to close this torture centre. You are wrong. You don’t know the underlying purpose of this "facility" and why it is vital for the current administration.Thierry Meyssan reveals the horrifying facts in this article first written in November 2009. Subsequent developments have proven him right: plans to close Guantánamo have been put on hold indefinitely.